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An Altarpiece in Guatemala Gets a New Life
ANTIGUA, Guatemala — The Cathedral of San Francisco in the colonial town of Antigua, Guatemala, was first built by the Spanish in the 16th century, but it’s as alive today as a center of worship as it ever was.
Art
A New Project Seeks to Erect Statues of Historic Women in Central Park
Out of the 29 statues now in the park, not one is of a real woman.
Art
A Twitter Bot That Generates Beautiful, Imaginary Moths
For centuries, devoted lepidopterists such as Vladimir Nabokov have painstakingly gathered and catalogued hundreds of winged arthropods, building impressive collections in glass cases that display moths' myriad variations.
Art
Two Chicago Writers Respond to the Art of Archibald Motley
CHICAGO — An event at the Chicago Cultural Center brought together two strands of African-American culture in Chicago: the wide-ranging exhibition of paintings by Archibald Motley, and an hour of readings by two African-American Chicago writers, Latoyah Wolfe and Eric May.
Art
From Ancient Myth to Contemporary Politics, Utopia's Dangerous Lure
In her exhibition titled Jauja at Y Gallery, Manuela Viera-Gallo uses the legend of Jauja as a platform from which to examine both the political and mythological ramifications of an idealized fantasy world.
In Brief
Debt in Venice: German Pavilion Artists Show Support for Greece
In response to the German government's insistence on imposing austerity measures on Greece, the artists representing Germany at this year's Venice Biennale have made a simple but powerful statement in support of the debt-ridden nation.
Art
Gaming the Pop Culture Fantasy of the Vietnam War
Pop culture fetishization of war and violence of video games are explored with vivid watercolor-based animation in Eddo Stern’s Vietnam Romance, on view at Postmasters gallery in Tribeca.
Art
After Years of Battling Gentrification, an Artist Opens a Sculpture Park in Detroit
DETROIT — It was a letter-perfect evening in Detroit for the opening last week of Robert Sestok’s long-anticipated sculpture park, City Sculpture.
Art
Cat Art from the Met Museum Makes the Purrfect Browser Plug-in
Meow Met, a new, feline-filled Chrome extension actually turns the act of opening a tab into an enjoyable learning experience.
News
Graduating MFA Class of USC’s Roski School Demand Dean’s Removal
LOS ANGELES — The ongoing saga of the #USC7 and the beleaguered Roski MFA program at the University of Southern California (USC) entered its latest chapter today when the graduating class of 2015 released a letter calling for Dean Erica Muhl's removal.
Opinion
The Crime of Being an "Avant-Garde" Artist
When the news hit that experimental filmmaker Joe Gibbons was arrested for bank robbery in New York this past January, my first reaction was a gut one.