Opinion
Weekend Words: Arm
This week came the report of a new robotic arm that can be operated with the power of thought.
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Music
Josh Groban, Canary
Let’s take a moment to examine Josh Groban’s voice, shall we?
Art
A Few Reasons Why Poets Love Bruce Conner
Bruce Conner (1933–2008) was a protean artist, who achieved something that is unlikely to be equaled anytime soon: he reinvented himself in every medium he took up, while remaining true to his perfectionist impulses.
Interview
From Grief to Action: Patricia Cronin on Her ‘Shrine for Girls’
If you make the pilgrimage to the Venice Biennale this year, among the many artistic spectacles you will encounter is an actual shrine.
Art
Painted Dirt and Folded Canvas: Elena del Rivero’s 'Letter from Home'
As one enters Elena del Rivero’s exhibition, Letter from Home: a rendez-vous, at the Josee Bienvenu Gallery (April 16 – May 23, 2015), three 72-by-72 inch canvases hang in folds, like towels on hooks, on the center wall.
Art
Speaking the Language of Paint: Karen Schwartz at Life on Mars
The paintings in Karen Schwartz’s show at Life on Mars are big, bold semi-abstractions that skate along the edge of chaos.
News
Historian Cracks a Code and Discovers a Possible Portrait of Shakespeare
"I know a bank where the wild thyme blows," William Shakespeare wrote in a stanza from A Midsummer Night's Dream.
Interview
California Artists Address Coast-to-Coast Political Struggles
What goes West must always return East because New York is still the center of the American art market.
Opinion
Why I Don't Buy the Premise of Christoph Büchel's Icelandic Mosque Pavilion
I've been hesitant to embrace Christoph Büchel's project for the Icelandic Pavilion at the 2015 Venice Biennale from the beginning.
In Brief
Which Artist Will Grace the UK's New £20 Bill?
The Bank of England has announced that a visual artist will grace the new £20 bill.
News
Art Movements
This week in art news: A mural was unveiled to coincide with Ireland's same-sex marriage referendum, New York's City Council passed a bill that requires open hearings on public art projects, and the FBI published a (heavily redacted) selection of its files on Buckminster Fuller.
News
New French Report Zooms In on Field of Photography
Anecdotally, most people would probably agree that photography has changed more dramatically over the last 15 years than any other sector of visual art.