Art

Lessons from 30 Years of NYC's Percent for Art Program

2015 marks the 30th anniversary of Jorge Luis Rodriguez’s “Growth” and the public art program that initiated its creation.

Art

Another Treasure Lost in Iraq: The Story of Mar Behnam Monastery

Among the most tragic losses of the many antiquities destroyed in Iraq by ISIS has been the destruction of Iraq's seriously understudied medieval architecture.

Art

Modernist Male Art Is Timeless, but Not Timely

PARIS — According to Sigmund Freud, a key that opens a room in a dream is unmistakably phallic.

Art

ArtRx NYC

This week, activism is the theme, with an exhibition centered on musical resistance, another featuring political posters, and a conference devoted to helping artists find and keep affordable workspaces.

In Brief

Parisian Mural Successfully Provokes Right-Wing Vandals

A mural by the French street artist Combo in Paris has become the target of far-right vandals, including one nationalist blogger who filmed herself tagging the mural with the message, "Antiracism is a codeword for antiwhite."

Art

GIFs That Bring Street Art to Life

A. L. Crego composes playful, bizarre GIFs from other people's street art.

Art

Bringing New York City's Underpasses Out of the Shadows and into Public Space

Over 700 miles of underdeveloped space are in the shadows of New York City's elevated highways and rails.

News

MoMA Workers Vote to Approve New Contract

On Monday evening, employees of the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) who are members of the United Autoworkers Local 2110 voted to approve a new three-year contract that was offered by the museum's administration on Friday.

Performance

A Holocaust Survivor's Story in Postmodern Dance

Taking testimony from a Holocaust survivor and turning it into a dance is an intriguing but risky proposition, especially if you're not a Jew.

Art

Remembering Miriam Schapiro (1923–2015)

The American artist Miriam Schapiro died on Saturday. Her death brings up enormous issues about feminism, legacy, and about the role an artist plays in how she enters a history she helped to create.

Art

At the Havana Biennial, a Project Reflects on the Legacy of US Sanctions

French artist Didier Faustino offers a poetic reflection at this year's Havana Biennial on how five decades of sanctions have impacted Cuban youth.

Art

The Leaflets Dropped Before the Hiroshima Atomic Bomb

Hiroshima on the morning of August 6, 1945, was bright, sunny, and perhaps a little uncomfortably warm.