News
The Postmodern House That Changed the US Is Now for Sale
Want to own a house that changed the urban landscape of the United States?
Latest
Art
A Social Practice Cooking Experience in the Homes of NYC Immigrants
Artist Lisa Gross, who founded the League of Kitchens, acknowledges that each of its workshops starts off a bit awkwardly, as six participants enter an unfamiliar neighborhood and step into a stranger's home.
Art
A Journalist and an Architect Investigate China’s Sway Over Africa
Forty years on, a new arrogance continues to complicate the narrative of Africa as China encroaches — physically, socially, and economically — on its soil.
Art
ArtRx NYC
This week, Puerto Rican self-determination, Chris Burden, and artist's resale rights are on our mind, but so are the poetics of politics, the ruins of Philip Johnson, and much, much more.
Books
UK Artist Parodies Trolling with Snail “Hate” Mail
Nearly half of all internet users have found themselves targeted by trolls.
Community
A View from the Easel
Artist studios in Georgia, Indiana, New York, and the UK.
Art
The Exuberant Postcard Art of the First Bauhaus Exhibition
In 1923, a flurry of colorful postcards heralded the first major Bauhaus school exhibition.
Art
The Biennial of the Americas Hints at Denver’s Growing Pains and Arts Scene
DENVER — It's tempting to draw a connection between the growth of the biennial and the widespread changes of the surrounding city.
Film
Takashi Murakami Tackles Japanese Trauma and Fear in His First Film
“Superflat,” the name of the art movement influenced by Japanese anime cartoons that was founded by Takashi Murakami, also describes the human characters in his first feature film, Jellyfish Eyes.
Art
Artists Redesign the Alphabet, One Letter Per Day, on the Front Page of a City Newspaper
Each edition of the Fitchburg, Massachusetts, newspaper this month has one of 26 typographers designing a letter from the alphabet, and writers contributing poetry and stories inspired by that letter.
News
2,000 Ancient Gold Spirals Unearthed in Denmark
Some 2,000 ancient gold spirals were recently discovered in Denmark.
News
Conservative Politician Demands Removal of Sexual Mandala, Gallery Refuses
At first glance, French Canadian artist Rosalie Maheux's artwork displayed in the lobby of a government office building in Toronto resembles a kaleidoscopic mandala composed of harmless, symmetric shapes.