Art
350 Years After the Great Plague, Its Skeletal Reaper Remains
Death as a skeletal grim reaper was cemented as a symbol during the plagues in Europe, which stretched from the 14th to 18th centuries.
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Art
Portraits of Contemplative and Cocky Poultry
For most of her four-decade-long career, photographer Jean Pagliuso focused her lens on the fashion industry and on Hollywood, producing images of celebrities meant for magazines and movie posters.
Art
Wayfinding through Ruins and Castles in a Governors Island Art Intervention
It's unlikely you'd notice any of the art in Governors Island's Visitors without a map, as it's hiding in an abandoned swimming pool, a nondescript rock in a fortress, and those hulking billboards urban eyes are trained to ignore.
News
British Library Rejects Taliban Archive Donation
It isn’t every day that one of the world’s biggest cultural institutions refuses to host a massive digital archive of great historical significance.
Interview
Artists Interpret a Colonial Collection of 125,660 Indonesian Specimens
Intended or not, the words used around collections set agendas, and what is collected and what remains absent is always political.
News
Oblivious Games Company Turns Slave Trade into Tetris
After a social media uproar, the Denmark-based Serious Games Interactive removed a "Slave Tetris" mini-game from their Playing History: Slave Trade.
Art
Artists of African Descent Don Disguises in the Digital Age
SEATTLE — The Seattle Art Museum (SAM) attempts to confront the nuanced subtext of its vast collection of African masks in the ambitious and delightful exhibition Disguise: Masks and Global African Art.
Comics
The Age of Quiet
You have the right to remain silent.
Books
A Handy Beginner's Guide to Urban Light Projection
The Center for Urban Intervention Research recently released its first printed book, A Manual for Urban Projection, to illustrate the potentials of projection, particularly in urban spaces, whether sanctioned or not.
Art
Digital Distractions: Sleepwalking, Glitches, and Junk Mail
In a new monthly series, we’re highlighting a few games, apps, and interactive digital experiences recommended for the art crowd. For September, here's a simulation of an Italian Renaissance painting guild, a Surrealist puzzler, a glitchy Pac-Man, and the most thought-provoking game on junk mail yet
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Opinion
There’s a New Art Reality TV Show for Us to Hatewatch [UPDATED]
Just when you thought art-related reality TV programming couldn't get any worse ... it has!
News
City Council Bill Could Limit NYC's Landmarking Power
At a public hearing next Wednesday, New York City Council's Committee on Land Use will consider a bill that would majorly impact landmarking in the city.