Comics
Looney Tunes as Muse
When I think about making art, I think of Looney Tunes.
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Art
The Vanishing of America's Historic Mental Asylums
Between 1848 and 1890, dozens of grand mental asylums were built around the United States under the Kirkbride Plan, designed by Thomas Story Kirkbride.
News
Henry Moore Foundation Asks Artist Not to Use Sculpture as “Political Statement”
Three years ago, Kansas City–based artist A. Bitterman proposed moving a vacant, dilapidated house, located in one of the city's poorest neighborhoods, to the lawn of the Nelson-Atkins Museum.
Opinion
Why an Amateur Photographer's Inside View of the #BaltimoreUprising Went Mainstream
The first images coming out of the Freddie Gray protests in Baltimore last week were photographs by local professionals and amateurs, distributed across social media.
Art
A Magazine Scans the Connective Tissue Between Medicine and Art
Esopus 22: Medicine feels like a giant patient file for the cross between the medical and visual arts.
News
California Artists' Resale Royalty Law Survives Court Ruling, with Small Change
On Tuesday the US Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals delivered its ruling on the California Resale Royalty Act (CRRA), deeming it unconstitutional but, unlike the District Court that examined it back in 2012, deciding that the offending clause could be removed without having to strike the entire act.
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News
Jeff Koons, Cindy Sherman, and Dozens More Artists Join Fight to Stop Frick Expansion [UPDATED]
A group of 54 artists and other art worlders has signed a letter asking Mayor de Blasio and Meenakshi Srinivasan, chair of the NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission, to deny the Frick Collection's proposed plan for expansion.
Art
The Best Lists of the Best Art Schools on the Internet
In the market for a fine art degree but unsure how to pick schools? The real question is: which list of the top art schools is right for you?
Announcement
Calling All Artists: Apply for the City of Toronto's Clover Hill Park Public Art Commission
The City of Toronto Arts & Culture Services is working with Parks, Forestry & Recreation and the Ward 27 Councillor's Office on the high-profile re-development of Clover Hill Park. [http://engine.nectarads.com/p/eyJhdiI6ODA4ODcsImF0IjoyMCwiYnQiOjAsImNtIjoyNDQ4NTcsImNoIjoxOTMwLCJjciI6ODU2Mzg1LCJkbSI6
Performance
Stravinsky's Satiric Opera with Muddy Morals
Clouds, shadows, and other mirrors of the soul have long led protagonists into temptation in order to deliver audiences from evil.
Art
Yinka Shonibare MBE Manifests the Ghost of Manhattan's Oldest House
In Colonial Arrangements, a site-specific exhibition in partnership with the Historic House Trust, UK-born Nigerian artist Yinka Shonibare MBE conjures Eliza Jumel's specter with headless mannequins clothed in Dutch wax fabric.
Interview
How Arts in Bushwick Has Stayed on Mission in a Rapidly Changing Neighborhood
The tenth edition of Bushwick Open Studios (BOS) is just a month away, and it's hard to believe how much has changed in the Brooklyn neighborhood since 2006.