Art

An Illustrated Study of Black Cats, the "Little Aliens" of the Feline World

All Black Cats Are Not Alike, by writer-illustrator duo Amy Goldwasser and Peter Arkle, is a true feat in the age-old tradition of cat art.

Art

The Fiercely Contemporary Aesthetic of Today's Native American Fashion Designers

SALEM, Mass. — Do not walk into Native Fashion Now expecting fringes and buckskin.

Art

A Walk Through the World of Lorraine O'Grady

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — When visiting an art exhibit, there's a temptation to start at the entryway and work your way through it following the path established by the curator.

News

Activists and Residents Light Up Bushwick with Anti-Gentrification Signs

Since Christmas Eve, some lights along the streets and in the houses of Bushwick have spelled out a number of messages quite different from the festive wishes one usually finds during the holiday season.

Art

Wondering About the Future of the Smithsonian's Craft Museum

WASHINGTON, DC — The work presented at the Renwick Gallery was always a perfect counterpoint to the artifacts and antiquities, modernist painting, and contemporary sculpture and film on view at the various museums on the National Mall.

Art

A History of Erasing Black Artists and Bodies from the AIDS Conversation

The murderous impact of homophobia on the AIDS crisis is so apparent and traumatic that the violent, systemic racism that undergirds it gets lost.

Comics

Try Telling an Artist to Rest on Vacation

I'm compelled to make burdensome artistic goals for myself on vacation …

Art

The 20 Most Powerless People in the Art World: 2015 Edition

Forget the rich and powerful — they're predictable. We're more interested in the powerless. That's where the real stories are, where the future is decided, where creativity starts. Here is our annual list of the art world’s most powerless.

Art

"This Question Is Loaded": South Bronx Artists and Organizers Imagine Their Neighborhood's Future

“Our ideal vision for the South Bronx is economic upliftment, an end to environmental degradation, and quality-of-life enhancement without displacement."

Art

A Chinese Performance Artist Who Balances Politics and Poetics

CHENGDU, China — In a series of eight-hour-long actions titled Puzzling Tracks, Zhou Bin placed an ant on a piece of rice paper.

Books

A Sonic Alarm for Our Natural World Going Silent

Bernie Krause has listened to nature since 1968, and in his decades recording environmental noise has become attuned to its changes.

In Brief

Old Navy Says Don't Aspire to Be an Artist [UPDATED]

Throw out your art supplies and dive into into engineering and policymaking instead because being an artist isn't worth it — or at least that's what Old Navy suggests with a line of T-shirts.