Books
A Post-Apocalyptic Graphic Novel by a "Disappeared" Argentinian Writer
It’s as if Oesterheld was telegraphing in The Eternaut the horrors that would befall him at the hands of his own repellent government.
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Performance
When Bieber Is Your Mirror
In a 2011 commercial for his fragrance "Someday," Justin Bieber — then just 17-years-old — flies across sun-streaked heavens, a recently spritzed blond beauty in his arms.
Art
Janet Fish's Jarring Experiments in Still Life Painting
Among several modes enthusiastically adopted by painters in the last century, spontaneity is still held in the highest regard.
Art
How Five American Indian Dancers Transformed Ballet in the 20th Century
Five dancers who started their careers in the 1940s redefined dance in the United States, becoming some of the first American prima ballerinas in the world's top companies, from the Ballets Russes to the Paris Opera Ballet.
Art
Imagining the Inner Lives of Animals
LOS ANGELES — During a recent visit to Japan, I happened upon one of its novelty animal cafés, one specializing in owls.
Art Review
A Guggenheim Show of Latin American Art Flops in Latin America
MEXICO CITY — Lumping together groups of artists who have nothing more in common than geography is a risky curatorial proposition that often leads to mayhem.
Comics
How Socially Conscious Should My Art Be?
I'm going to ask a very big question here.
Art
A Photographer Documents the Struggles of Refugees in Lesbos, Greece
“Is this Europe?” That’s the question German photographer Kai Löffelbein heard again and again from refugees landing on the island of Lesbos, Greece this past fall.
Art
An LA Muralist on Preserving the Local History of Street Art
LOS ANGELES — Just east of the LA River runs Mission Road, an industrial street crammed with auto body shops and salvage operations.
Art
Digitally Deface Le Corbusier's Villa Savoye
Have you ever wanted to throw a piano or screeching cat at Le Corbusier's pristinely white 1931 Villa Savoye in France?
Comics
Animal Bones as an Artistic Medium
For the grand reopening of New Capital, a well-loved art space that's been closed for two years, Chicago-based artist Rebecca Beachy has installed a wide-ranging bone collection.
In Brief
MoMA Unveils Unfun Revision of Its $400 Million Redesign
In disappointing news for those excited for a futuristic new Museum of Modern Art with retractable glass walls and moving floors, the museum has just unveiled scaled-back plans for its upcoming renovation.