Art
Soundscapes Composed from the Colors of Famous Paintings
What might a Raphael sound like, based on the particular colors of its paint?
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Interview
A Conversation on Latino Representation in US Art History Departments
We spoke to Dr. Adriana Zavala, associate professor of art history and director of the Latino Studies program at Tufts University, about her research on the state of Latina/o representation in US art history departments.
Books
Heavy Metal Headbangers Frozen in Time
With hair flying and faces contorted in expressions between joy and agony, the heavy metal fans captured by Danish photographer Jacob Ehrbahn are a frenzy of movement in saturated color.
Art
Clyfford Still's Radical Repetitions
DENVER — The Clyfford Still Museum's current exhibition, Repeat/Recreate, has been on the institution’s wish list for nearly 10 years, since well before it even opened.
News
Ancient Egyptian Shrines, Once Thought Destroyed, Reveal Six New Statues
A team of archaeologists in Egypt has discovered six rock cut statues inside two adjoining shrines, previously believed to be completely destroyed by an earthquake that shook the region centuries ago.
Books
A Book of Art and Essays Explores Psychedelics as a Spiritual Technology
The intersections between Eastern philosophy and psychedelic drugs are explored in Zig Zag Zen, a newly expanded edition of an anthology of essays, interviews, and artwork.
Comics
How an Artist Is Formed
Was it when my mom read me Harold and the Purple Crayon?
News
Prominent Members of Turkey's Arts Community Released After Arrest at Peace March
After days in detention, leading members of the arts community in Turkey, and members of the peace initiative “Barış İçin Yürüyorum (I Am Walking For Peace),” were released following their December 31 arrest in Sur, Turkey.
Opinion
Required Reading
This week, Gramsci hates New Year's, art market bubble, advice from art dealers, remembering Ellsworth Kelly, and more.
Art
The Prince of New York City
It is easy to forget just how really good a painter Alex Katz can be. This is because he makes everything look so easy and natural.
Opinion
Weekend Words: Chocolate
Last week, a food blogger called into question a famous Brooklyn chocolate maker's "bean-to-bar" reputation.
Art
Liubov Popova, an Homage
Sometime in the late 1970s, Miriam Schapiro and Elaine Lustig Cohen gathered a group of feminist artists and writers around my dining room table with a proposal: “Let’s form a consortium to buy the work of the Russian Constructivist women.”