Art
Jim French, Male Beauty, and Languages of Desire
I recently became aware of the hashtag “#masculinitysofragile.” The words together felt poetic. Fragility is supposed to be the antithesis of masculinity, right?
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Art
Not Necessarily Pleasant: The Paintings of Juanita McNeely
One of the more ferociously beautiful shows you’re likely to see this season is by a 79-year-old painter who was barely out of high school when she was given six months to live.
News
Art Movements
This week in art news: Joel Goodman's photograph of British New Year's revelers went viral, a representative of Beyoncé denied that the singer is planning to star in a biopic on Saartjie Baartman, and 30 museums in Southern California will offer free admission on January 30.
Art
Contemporary Latin America as Told by Insiders and Outsiders
MEXICO CITY — TRUE STORY at Proyectos Monclova creates a complex interpretation of Latin America’s “truth,” invoking conversations about extreme image production, the distribution of information, and artists’ roles as translators of their circumstances.
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Artist Orlan Tries Again to Sue Lady Gaga for Plagiarism
Two years ago, French artist Orlan sued pop star Lady Gaga in French court for plagiarism over the singer's cover art for her 2011 album Born this Way and the eponymous, award-winning music video.
Opinion
Galapagos Art Space Founder Attempts to Flip Detroit Building for $6.25 Million
Just over a year ago, Robert Elmes made waves when he announced that the beloved Brooklyn art institution he'd founded 20 years prior, Galapagos Art Space, would be closing up shop in New York and moving to Detroit.
Art
An Artist’s Obsessive Paintings of Alien Madonnas and Romping Nudes
For over two decades, the Swiss artist Hans Schärer focused on painting the female figure, transforming conventional depictions of women into highly unexpected forms.
Art
Reclaiming Vacant Public Land through Design
At the end of 2015, 34 community gardens in New York City were protected from destruction.
Comics
A Perfectly Rational Explanation
It's not hoarding if …
Art
See Your DNA Visualized on a Colorful, Patterned Scarf
Since the advent of direct-to-consumer personal genome tests like 23andMe, it's simpler than ever to access information about your individual DNA sequence — that 0.1% of genetic coding that distinguishes you from the rest of humanity.
Art
Identities, Nations, and Histories Painfully Stitched Together
NEW DELHI — Hybrid creatures in legends and myths speak to our collective imagination as a tool to perceive that which cannot be perceived or understood.
Art
The Postcolonial Artist Who Found Minimalism Before the Americans
HONG KONG — Rasheed Araeen is a Pakistan-born, Britain-based, self-described "Afro-Asian" artist whose art and writing are so wildly subversive, it's taken 40 years for the critical dialogue to catch up to his tremendously prescient but fractious vision.