Comics

Being an Artist Requires Lots of Funny Hats

I used to think being an artist was all about wearing a beret.

News

Artist Tania Bruguera Temporarily Detained During the Havana Biennial

Artist Tania Bruguera was detained by Cuban police yesterday in her Havana home after concluding the final reading of her project, the Hannah Arendt International Institute for Artivism.

Opinion

Required Reading

This week, France's faux prehistoric cave, Palmyra's importance, does color exist, dangers of selfie sticks, and more.

Opinion

Weekend Words: Arm

This week came the report of a new robotic arm that can be operated with the power of thought.

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.