Art

From Black Performance to Stuff on a Shelf, a Visit to Five Shows in San Francisco

SAN FRANCISCO — It's summer in the USA, and that means it's group-show season on both coasts.

In Brief

A Poor Man’s Kapoor: China Unveils Knockoff of Chicago’s Bean

An immense sculpture in China is nearing completion, and it bears a striking resemblance to Chicago's most famous work of public art.

Art

Yoko Ono Finally Gets the Solo She Deserves

When Beatle John Lennon, artist Yoko Ono’s third husband, was shot and killed in 1980, Ono went into deep mourning.

Art

From a Synagogue to a Pizzeria, an Alternative Tour of Stained Glass in NYC

Although it's an art form more associated with medieval cathedrals, there is stunning stained glass in New York City.

Art

ArtRx NYC

This week, it's your last chance to catch a number of shows before they close — plus an electronic music dance party, a festival celebrating the black soul of Brooklyn, and Ziggy Stardust–themed roller disco.

Books

Illustrated Guides to Camping Like an Early-20th-Century American

The Rare Book Room of the New York Academy of Medicine Library in East Harlem has a trove of printed materials connected to camping and outdoor recreation in the early 1900s.

Art

Faced with a Rising Tide, Artist Lets It Wash Over Her

For 12 to 13 hours, New York City–based artist Sarah Cameron Sunde stands stock-still in the sea, surrendering herself to nature's forces, from the rocking of waves to extreme temperatures.

Art

Playing Piano with the Harmonies of Eclipsing Stars

Astronomers have long considered the harmony of the universe as a sort of music, from Pythagoras and the Musica Universalis, to Kepler and the "music of the spheres."

In Brief

40 Designs Vying to Replace New Zealand's National Flag

New Zealand is considering new designs to potentially replace its national flag and today released an official long list of 40 contenders submitted by the public.

Art

A New Museum Is a Beacon for Lighthouse History

Housed in one of the long-abandoned brick buildings of the former United States Lighthouse Service Depot on Staten Island, the National Lighthouse Museum is now officially open.

Art

Animations That Leave You Psychically Altered

DETROIT — "Bob Ross and Thomas Kinkade are brought back to life to make landscapes in computers for an alien civilization that creates simulations of other planets — and they team up to find out if life on Earth was ever real in the first place."

Interview

The Painter Infiltrating 'Good Morning America’ and ‘The Today Show'

Christie Blizard's paintings have been on national television more than a dozen times in the past year.