Art
What if canonical art history had been written not by academics but by art’s makers themselves? Who would have been included in such a history, and who would have been left out?
Art
NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Nearly eight years ago I wrote a review leading off with the question, “What is it about Anselm Kiefer’s art that inhibits unfettered admiration?”
News
Just four days after B&H Photo Video employees announced their intention to form a union, describing hazardous working conditions and discriminatory practices at the photo and video retailer's two Brooklyn warehouses, company representatives allegedly threatened them "with termination en masse."
Comics
I think of the stage as a bridge upon which our imagination can be embodied.
Art
If you've ever read Japanese author Haruki Murakami's magical realist fiction — filled with characters like a six-foot-tall "superfrog," a human data processor named Calcutec, and a cat killer who makes flutes out of cats' souls — and wished someone would turn his bizarre world into a video game, yo
News
This week in art news: Lawrence Weiner installed a series of works in an 18th-century British palace, a museum researcher defended his decision to kill a rare bird for scientific study, and Playboy decided to cease publishing images of nude women.
Art
DETROIT — Two common themes in the Detroit lexicon: blighted houses, and nature persisting despite architectural ruin. Lisa Waud’s visually striking Flower House plays into both motifs.
Art
It’s a common promise made in many press releases and artist statements: rather than delivering an artwork with hermetic, built-in meaning and context, the art, by being loose in some way, will provide its viewer with materials and tools with which to construct meaning.
Art
Throughout Philadelphia, for the rest of the month, one may now stumble upon and listen to the stories of undocumented families whose lives were affected by deportations.
Art
ISTANBUL — Caroline Christov-Bakargiev’s highly anticipated Istanbul Biennial, SALTWATER, A Theory of Thought Forms, is not exactly a straightforward affair.
Art
Years Edgar Degas's "L'Absinthe" (1876) was hidden from view after a terrible critical reception = 16
Interview
MINNEAPOLIS — After 30 years, the Guerrilla Girls show no signs of slowing down.