Art
UK Affirms that Photographs of Public Domain Art Are Fair Use
An ongoing dispute with digital cultural heritage is whether high-resolution images of artworks in the public domain have a copyright when the photograph itself is new or improved.
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Art
Peter Doig Paints Portals to Mythic Dimensions
The settings and characters in Peter Doig’s newest paintings, now on view at Michael Werner Gallery, are at once strange and somehow totally familiar, like scenes from myths or dreams.
Art
A Shrine to the Many Faces of Resistance
LOS ANGELES — A lone protestor currently occupies one of the rooms of a former apartment in Koreatown.
Comics
Nosebleeds, Stripes, and Artistic Influence
In grade school, I suffered from nosebleeds.
Opinion
Required Reading
This week, being trolled by Fox News, a photograph that took 720,000 exposures to get right, Lee Miller's war photography, ISIS and looting, drones catching drones, and more.
Opinion
Weekend Words: Gun
The New York Times reports that fear of restrictive gun laws causes a spike in gun sales.
Books
Vision, Music, and the Scepter: Ben Mazer’s 'The Glass Piano'
Ben Mazer may best be considered a poet for poets; his work a fortress against the common reader.
Art
Ray Yoshida’s Foresight
What do Roger Brown, Sarah Canright, Jordan Davies, Ed Flood, Art Green, Philip Hanson, Richard Hull, Jin Soo Kim, Jim Nutt, Ed Paschke, Christina Ramberg, Suellen Rocca, Barbara Rossi, William Schwedler, Rebecca Shore, Chris Ware, Karl Wirsum and Mary Lou Zelazny have in common?
Books
Humanizing an “Enigma”: A New Book Illuminates Martín Ramírez’s Life and Art
What is known with certainty about an artist’s life story can undoubtedly shed the light of understanding on his or her achievements and legacy. But what happens when authoritative historical documents, personal letters, photos, diaries and other materials have not been consulted or are scarce or ev
Interview
Calling Occupants: A Conversation with Miguel Gomes
Since the release of his 2004 feature debut The Face You Deserve, Portugal’s Miguel Gomes has become arguably the most exhilaratingly perplexing figure in world cinema.
Art
Seeking the Real at Art Basel Miami Beach
So where were they? An Inside Art column published in The New York Times a week before the opening of Art Basel Miami Beach dangled the prospect of a more inclusive fair this year, one that would feature “A Focus on Female Artists,” as the headline put it.
Art
The Rise of the 20th-Century Yearbook Smile
With their standard formats and widespread availability, high school yearbooks represent a historical data set of 20th-century style. They also capture how our tendency to smile in photographs has intensified over time.