Art
Hand-Stitched Fantasies of Reality TV
In artist Sophia Narrett's current solo show at Arts+Leisure, two women meet on the set of The Bachelor and swiftly fall in love — with each other.
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Artist Who Got Turkish President Fined Now Facing Four Years in Jail
Sculptor Mehmet Aksoy may have scored a victory earlier this year, when the Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan was fined about $3,800 for calling his unfinished "Monument to Humanity" a "monstrosity," but now the artist is facing 56 months in prison for insulting the president.
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Detroit Police Issue Felony Arrest Warrant for Shepard Fairey
The street artist Shepard Fairey may get a lot of laughs when he visits Portland, but if he sets foot in Detroit anytime soon things will get very serious.
Art
A Guide to the 19th-Century Artists' Graves of New York City
Cemeteries are like indexes of a city's history, listing the names of its deceased from famous to forgotten in an endless litany.
Comics
We're All Adults Here
Words that once implied responsibility in times of stress ...
Art
From Camera Clubs to Syphilis: The WPA's Practical, Modernist Posters
From 1936 to 1943, around 2,000 posters were created as part of the Works Progress Administration (WPA).
Art
The Art Books of Henri Matisse
CHARLOTTE, North Carolina — The Art Books of Henri Matisse at Charlotte’s Bechtler Museum of Modern Art is a travelling exhibition with a new twist.
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Spanish Museum Director Who Gave Hairdresser a Solo Show Under Investigation
The Institut Valencià d'Art Modern, the main modern and contemporary art museum in Spain's third city, grossly inflated its attendance figures, overpaid for acquisitions, and made a number of other suspicious moves during the 10-year tenure of its former director, Consuelo Ciscar.
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Singapore's Huge National Gallery Will Open with Pompidou and Circumstance
The largest public collection of modern Southeast Asian art is opening this October, and the institution that will house it just announced a collaborative exhibition with the Centre Pompidou in 2016.
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ISIS Obliterates Two Early Islamic Tombs at Palmyra
The much-feared destruction of the ancient Syrian city of Palmyra has begun.
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NYC Public Libraries Get Largest Funding Increase Ever
In a deal on the fiscal year 2016 budget struck late Monday night, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio and City Council Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito announced an extra $39 million for the city's libraries.
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South Street Seaport Added to List of Most Endangered Sites in the US
The National Trust for Historic Preservation announced its 11 Most Endangered Historic Places today, including sites across the United States threatened by development, demolition, or decay.