Art
Rare 1915 Films Show Rodin, Monet, Renoir, and Degas in Their Twilight Years
In 1915, with the newly innovated film camera, a young Russian-born, French actor named Sacha Guitry captured some of France's greatest artists and authors.
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Outside the Frame: Virginia Commonwealth University’s Dynamic Photography and Film MFA
VCU’s nationally ranked Department of Photography & Film MFA program seeks dynamic emerging artists whose work challenges common definitions of photography and film while maintaining the disciplinary integrity of traditional practice.[http://engine.nectarads.com/p/eyJhdiI6MjEyMTIsImF0IjoyMCwiYnQiOjA
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New Service Will Preserve and Frame Your Tattoos After You Die
You may now bequeath your tattoos to your loved ones to frame and display, just like any other work of art that you value or that may be a family heirloom.
Opinion
The Social Commentary Hidden in Kanye West and Vanessa Beecroft’s Fashion Show
In the blur of fabric and fanfare that was New York Fashion Week, Kanye West’s second Yeezy show caused the most confusion of all.
Art
ArtRx NYC
This week brings a whole lot of good stuff, from a conversation between two feminist artist icons to a celebration of the idiosyncrasies of contemporary painting.
Art
Trump’s Menstrala Art Moment: A Short History of Election Art
In certain parlors, the mixing of art and politics is considered vulgar. If so, then vulgarity reigns supreme in the memory of recent presidential elections.
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Painting Murals on a 250-Year-Old Farmhouse to Preserve It
Staten Island's Historic Richmond Town is experimenting with an unconventional way of preserving an 18th-century farmhouse: inviting local artists to paint contemporary murals across the structure.
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From Emoticon to Ellen Degeneres, an Index of the Most Popular Wikipedia Articles
CHICAGO — According to Jason Salavon’s “The Master Index (Semaphore),” we are all a little more interested in Kanye West than masturbation.
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Traversing the Brooklyn Botanic Garden with Isamu Noguchi
Eighteen sculptures by Isamu Noguchi are dispersed across the Brooklyn Botanic Gardens just as late summer is turning to fall.
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Politician Stupidly Leans on Thomas Hart Benton Mural to Take Notes
There are many things one might do while inside a room whose walls are lined with a historic Thomas Hart Benton mural.
Books
Henry Howard, the Forgotten 19th-Century Architect of New Orleans
A three-decade exhumation to retrieve the forgotten career of one of the most influential 19th-century American architects was completed this June with the release of Henry Howard: Louisiana's Architect.
Art
The 1,000-Year GIF
Titled "AS Long As Possible," the GIF work features 48,140,288 frames, and each will last for about 10 minutes. The file will reach its end only in the year 3017 — until it loops back to frame number one.