Art
Sum of the Arts
Years Edgar Degas's "L'Absinthe" (1876) was hidden from view after a terrible critical reception = 16
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Interview
On Negotiating Conflict and Privilege: An Interview with the Guerrilla Girls
MINNEAPOLIS — After 30 years, the Guerrilla Girls show no signs of slowing down.
Art
Artists Bisect the US-Mexico Border Fence with Balloons
DOUGLAS, Ariz. — I’m sitting in the back of a flatbed pickup truck, rattling slowly along a curving dirt road on the edge of Arizona as it winds its way towards Mexico.
Books
The Fantastic 17th-Century Book of Birds, Made from Feathers
In the 17th century, a gardener created a strange book of birds in which the illustrations were completely made of feathers.
Art
Seamless Digital Collages Capture Europe's Church Façades
For his photo series FACADES, which portrays Europe's old religious structures head-on, from top to bottom, German artist Markus Brunetti strips these sites bare of any distracting elements.
In Brief
Inside Harlem's New Starchitect-Designed Children's Museum
The Sugar Hill Children's Museum of Art and Storytelling, which opened this past weekend in Harlem, says its target audience is kids between ages three and eight, but art lovers of any age will likely find it worth a visit.
Art
Finding Fulfillment in Images of Empty White Rooms
PARIS — The silence of Seton Smith was significant.
Art
From Porn to Pizza, Some Postinternet Art Is Deeper Than It Looks
BERLIN — Much has been made of the banality of the apparent thematic interests in the show: porn, pets, plants, and pizza. What seems to have been overlooked in much of the coverage of the exhibition, however, is that this ironic superficiality is just a veneer.
News
Street Artists Hack 'Homeland' With Arabic Grafitti
Viewers able to read Arabic who caught last Sunday's US airing of the award-winning television show Homeland may have noticed something bizarre about the graffiti lining the walls of the Syrian refugee camp.
Art
Contemporary Takes on China’s Oldest Painting Technique
DENVER — Do viewers outside of China still expect contemporary Chinese art to "look" Chinese, and what does that even mean?
Art
Two Exhibitions Showcase the Bloody Relics of Hermann Nitsch’s Rituals
Viewers may have seen similar Nitsch installations before, but it is important to re-experience his work, much of which has been long misunderstood by an art world dominated by political theory and formalism.
Announcement
National Parks Arts Foundation Introduces New Hawaii Photo Workshops
The National Parks Arts Foundation (NPAF) — a nonprofit dedicated to sustaining arts residencies, workshops, and other exhibits in and around the National Parks — announces its new Hawaii Photo Workshops for the end of November.[http://engine.nectarads.com/p/eyJhdiI6MTAxMDY3LCJhdCI6MjAsImJ0IjowLCJjb