Art
The Socialist Education of Andy Warhol
Socialism probably isn’t the first political movement you’d think to associate with Andy Warhol.
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Two Crowdfunding Campaigns Aim to Create Art for the Blind
Imagine never being able to see the Mona Lisa, much less understand what people mean when they talk about her enigmatic smile.
Art
Jacob Riis's Photographic Battle with New York's 19th-Century Slums
Jacob Riis may have set his house on fire twice, and himself aflame once, as he perfected the new 19th-century flash photography technique, but when the magnesium powder erupted with a white, blinding light, he illuminated some of the darkest corners of Manhattan's impoverished tenements.
Art
ArtRx NYC
This week, you can protest a real estate summit outside the Brooklyn Museum, learn about the history of Chinatown restaurants, catch performance art at Performa, and much more.
Books
The Melancholy Art of Japanese Floral Arrangements
Ikebana, which translates to "living flowers," is the Japanese art of floral arrangement that dates back to the 16th century.
News
Artists Envision Justice for 2015 Trans Day of Resilience
On November 20, on the Transgender Day of Remembrance (TDoR), communities all over the world will hold memorials for those who lost their lives in 2015 in acts of transphobic violence.
Performance
A Play Takes Buckminster Fuller’s Fantastic Ideas to Task
The designs and theories of Buckminster Fuller may seem like quaint retrofuturism today, but there was a time when his utopian ideas seemed to hold the key to peaceful and sustainable human existence on earth — at least he thought so.
Art
Muji Joins the Tiny House Trend with $25,000 Pre-Fab Huts
The latest product of Japan's tiny house obsession is the Muji Hut, just unveiled at Tokyo Design Week.
News
White Nationalist Artist Charles Krafft Designs Award for Right-Wing Publisher
Artist Charles Krafft is back — and this time, rather than attempting to hide his white nationalist beliefs, he appears to be embracing them.
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Pausing to Consider How Plants React to Humans
CHICAGO — A poison ivy leaf is scary, if not panic-inducing.
In Brief
The 116 Photos Carl Sagan and NASA Picked to Share With Aliens
Launched in 1977 by NASA, the Golden Record, a copper phonograph LP, was intended to provide a picture of life on planet Earth to any aliens who might encounter the spacecraft