Art
An Artwork Forces Us to Face Mexico’s Disappeared Students
People who have the luxury of not being directly affected by the world’s many injustices often feel fatigued by so much bad news.
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Instagram Deletes Activist Account After #KKKorGOP Posts
Last night, the activist group Dream Defenders contributed to the first GOP debate through Instagram, posting on its account collaged images of Republican candidates and members of the KKK, tagged #KKKorGOP.
Community
A View from the Easel
Artist studios in California, Indiana, Michigan, Washington, and the UK.
Art
A String Spectacle Designed for Selfies in a DC Warehouse
WASHINGTON, DC — Recent Howard University architecture grads Tolu Rufai and Khai Grubbs are luring people to an abandoned warehouse in Northeast DC with nothing but yarn … and the promise of Instagram likes.
Opinion
The Problems with an Exclusive Club that Grants “Membership” to the Art World
A new, savvy strategy for marketing the modern and contemporary art scene has appeared.
Art
The History of NYC's First Nine Landmark Parks
On a July morning, at the tender age of five, I watched the building next to my Bronx tenement capitulate to the blows of a wrecking ball.
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What the Lascaux Caves Facsimiles Fail to Capture
PARIS — For many, the Lascaux caves are the honey pot for what became artistic in the Western tradition.
Art
Sum of the Arts
Percentage of 1,300 art galleries surveyed last year whose annual revenue was under $200,000 = 55
Opinion
The Changing Façades of the Whitney Museum
New Yorkers caught a glimpse of a hidden, historic slice of the Whitney Museum last week when the original inscription of the institution surfaced for the first time in over 50 years.
Books
Surreal Photographs of Chinese Amusement Parks in Hibernation
Italian photographer Stefano Cerio has captured ski resorts at night, empty cruise ships, drained water parks, and, most recently, the uncanny bleakness of China's off-season amusement parks and other constructed entertainment.
Art
Wind-Powered Sculptures Designed to Outlive Us All
For over two decades, Dutch artist Theo Jansen has been designing kinetic sculptures of large, skeletal creatures that shuffle across beaches, powered solely by the wind.
Art
An Italian Muralist Recreates Audubon's Journey, One Bird at a Time
An Italian street artist is retracing the journey of John James Audubon that led to his historic 19th-century tome, Birds of America.