News
City Council Bill Could Limit NYC's Landmarking Power
At a public hearing next Wednesday, New York City Council's Committee on Land Use will consider a bill that would majorly impact landmarking in the city.
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Opinion
The Bauhaus Connection in Google’s New Logo
When the news broke yesterday that Google had a brand new logo — the biggest change to its visual identity since its inception in 1998 — the design twitterverse exploded with commentary about the thickness of the new letterforms and their conspicuous lack of serifs.
Announcement
NYC’s Governors Island Art Fair Welcomes Visitors Every Weekend in September
The annual Governors Island Art Fair (GIAF), which features the work of emerging artists from around the region and across the globe, opens this Saturday, September 5, and continues every Saturday and Sunday in September.[http://engine.nectarads.com/p/eyJhdiI6MzE0MDgsImF0IjoyMCwiYnQiOjAsImNtIjoyNTcx
Interview
A Chess Set in Homage to Marcel Duchamp, with Mustaches
Last year artists Scott Kildall and Bryan Cera collaborated on a project called "Readymake: Duchamp Chess Pieces," which reconstructed a chess set designed by Marcel Duchamp with a 3D printer.
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New Zealanders Embarrassed by Finalists for National Flag and Banknote Redesigns
New Zealand is attempting to rebrand itself to better convey its national identity and cultural heritage, but those efforts aren't going as smoothly as one would hope.
Art
The Raw and Stylish Designs of 20th-Century American Protest Posters
Three uptown cultural institutions in New York City this summer have had significant exhibitions devoted to the history of art and social activism. Taken together, they paint an arresting portrait of the role of artists in affecting social change.
Art
Arlene Shechet's Unified Theory of Ceramics
BOSTON — The ads for Arlene Shechet's exhibition All at Once have been intriguing and unsettling.
Performance
Hip-Hop, ‘Hamilton,' and the Deficit of Diversity on Broadway
Broadway in 2015 still has a major deficit of diversity.
News
Did Cooper Union Just Get a Second Chance?
They said it couldn't be done, but today's announcement by the Committee to Save Cooper Union (CSCU) suggests that the turmoil that has engulfed the beloved Manhattan university may be coming to an end.
Art
Finding Refuge at a Ball-Pit Beach Inside a Museum
WASHINGTON, DC — If that video of pro surfer Mick Fanning’s near shark attack kept you out of the water this summer, you can still get some fin-free beach time in before Labor Day at the National Building Museum.
News
Crimes of the Art
On this week’s art crime blotter: a Spanish town replaces a prehistoric tomb with a picnic table, Cossacks destroy a Mephistopheles sculpture, San Francisco sues a graffiti writer, and more.
Art
Found Photographs Show How Couples Light It Up During Chinese Weddings
There are nearly as many smokers in China as there are Americans in the United States. That staggering statistic might help explain the central role cigarettes play in traditional Chinese weddings.