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Welcome the Participants for the Superscript Blog Mentorship
We're very excited to introduce you to the three writers who will be joining us at Superscript.
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Art
The 2015 NY Art Book Fair Is Now Accepting Exhibitor Applications
Deadline for applications is May 31, 2015.
Art
Soaking in the Materiality of the Vatican
BOGOTÁ, Colombia — For those who can't travel to the Vatican, a photographic series by Massimo Listro offers a chance to wander imaginatively through its halls.
Art
A Film Portrait of the "Doomsday Vault" that Guards Our Agricultural Biodiversity
On a Norwegian island 810 miles south of the North Pole is a safety net for an agricultural crisis.
Opinion
Why a White Poet Should Not Be Attempting to Reclaim the "N-Word"
Both literature and visual art share a common concern: they continue to grapple with questions of inclusion and diversity, and in many ways have done a poor job of righting the long-standing wrongs of white men who have dominated the landscape since forever.
Art
Sum of the Arts
Number of figures Edward Hopper posed for in his 1942 painting "Nighthawks" = 2
News
Members of the Illuminator Sue NYPD for False Arrest, First Amendment Retaliation
This week members of the Illuminator Art Collective filed a lawsuit in the Federal Court for the Southern District of New York alleging false arrest and improper seizure of their property by the NYPD's Central Park Precinct.
Art
El Anatsui Goes to School
KINDERHOOK, NY — “The School,” Jack Shainman’s splendid gallery in Kinderhook, NY, is about to blow its own roof off.
News
Iceland's Mosque Pavilion at the Venice Biennale Will Be Shut Down
Venetian officials plan to close the Icelandic Pavilion of the 2015 Venice Biennale, which features a working mosque that is part of an artwork by Swiss-Icelandic artist Christoph Büchel.
In Brief
Four Years Later, Man Still Fighting Facebook for Censoring Courbet’s “Origin of the World”
It's been more than four years since French teacher Frédéric Durand-Baïssas, after posting a link to a documentary about Gustave Courbet's "L'Origine du Monde" (1866) on Facebook, returned to the social network to find the post removed and his profile suspended.
News
When A Benefit Against Censorship Gets Censored
A New York benefit show for the National Coalition Against Censorship cancelled last week over allegedly offensive material will go on at a new venue — though without the Mohammed-themed play that first started the controversy.
Performance
Black Box Theater for an Audience of One
In the mobile black box of Theatre for One, there is only one audience member for each of the seven rotating plays.