Art
A Documentary Takes a Walk Through Hélio Oiticica's Past
“My life has transformed itself into a montage of simultaneous things,” Hélio Oiticica wrote in a letter in 1971.
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A Petition to Stop "Irresponsible" Restoration of Chartres Cathedral
A new petition against the cathedral's restoration claims work done over the past six years has irreversibly damaged the 800-year-old building and erased centuries of the history that makes it so special.
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Art Movements
This week in art news: Anish Kapoor's Versailles sculpture was vandalized for a third time, a soccer-themed issue of THE THING Quarterly tackles art critic Ken Johnson, and a new project space opened at a secret location in NYC.
Art
We Painted Famous Artworks with Donald Trump's Face
Donald Trump came under fire again this week after making some pretty outrageous statements about GOP presidential rival Carly Fiorina’s face, so it’s especially timely that someone on the internet gifted us with “Paint with Donald Trump,” a website that lets you paint with eight of Trump’s most rid
Art
Use Your Phone, Animate Your Clothing
Last week, Ace Hotel’s cozy gallery space opened its latest exhibition, Blastosphere: Digital Art Becomes 3D Fashion.
Performance
Stories from Prison, Set Inside a Fiction
Prison plays an ambivalent role in the imagination of many white Americans.
Interview
From the Club to the Gallery, Electronic Music Made Visual
BERLIN — One of the most prominent figures of the international electronic music scene, Robert Henke has been making music since the beginnings of Berlin techno, after the fall of the wall.
Opinion
A Response to the Call to Boycott Israel
Last month, the following letter was sent to artist Mel Chin by New York–based curator Manon Slome.
Art
With Photography, Sarah Charlesworth Deconstructs the World
Exiting the big, steel elevator to enter Doubleworld, the first major survey of Sarah Charlesworth's work currently at the New Museum, one steps into another, double, world and directly into the gallery of Stills: 14 photographs of people jumping or falling from tall buildings.
Art
Sum of the Arts: Picasso Edition
Estimated number of Picasso artworks that have been stolen = 1,147
Art
When We Fall Out of Love with Artists
What does it say about the character of art audiences when artists who had previously been adored fall out of fashion and have scorn piled on them?
Art
Cutting Edge or Gimmicky? The World's First Snapchat Exhibition
Imagine going to an art show where the paintings literally self-destruct after you see them.