Art
Reclaiming the Lost Feminism of Fairy Tales
In the back room of the Drawing Center, Natalie Frank's lavish pastels conjure fairy tales in all their grisly and gorgeous glory.
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A Public Art Reflection on #BlackLivesMatter in Baltimore
Inhabitants of Baltimore this week are being confronted by the faces of 42 black artists and activists staring out at them from the city's walls.
Interview
Photographing Queer Life in Port-au-Prince
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — Haiti’s gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender communities have long kept a low profile because of a strong social stigma that sparks fear of physical violence or social isolation.
Art
Politicized Artworks That Ask Viewers to Fill In the Unknowns
Two years ago, at a Cildo Meireles retrospective in Madrid, I sat on a wooden dock that overlooked a paper sea and a vast, blue plaster sky.
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Hand-Stitched Fantasies of Reality TV
In artist Sophia Narrett's current solo show at Arts+Leisure, two women meet on the set of The Bachelor and swiftly fall in love — with each other.
In Brief
Artist Who Got Turkish President Fined Now Facing Four Years in Jail
Sculptor Mehmet Aksoy may have scored a victory earlier this year, when the Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan was fined about $3,800 for calling his unfinished "Monument to Humanity" a "monstrosity," but now the artist is facing 56 months in prison for insulting the president.
In Brief
Detroit Police Issue Felony Arrest Warrant for Shepard Fairey
The street artist Shepard Fairey may get a lot of laughs when he visits Portland, but if he sets foot in Detroit anytime soon things will get very serious.
Art
A Guide to the 19th-Century Artists' Graves of New York City
Cemeteries are like indexes of a city's history, listing the names of its deceased from famous to forgotten in an endless litany.
Comics
We're All Adults Here
Words that once implied responsibility in times of stress ...
Art
From Camera Clubs to Syphilis: The WPA's Practical, Modernist Posters
From 1936 to 1943, around 2,000 posters were created as part of the Works Progress Administration (WPA).
Art
The Art Books of Henri Matisse
CHARLOTTE, North Carolina — The Art Books of Henri Matisse at Charlotte’s Bechtler Museum of Modern Art is a travelling exhibition with a new twist.
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Spanish Museum Director Who Gave Hairdresser a Solo Show Under Investigation
The Institut Valencià d'Art Modern, the main modern and contemporary art museum in Spain's third city, grossly inflated its attendance figures, overpaid for acquisitions, and made a number of other suspicious moves during the 10-year tenure of its former director, Consuelo Ciscar.