Opinion
Framed Artifacts of Our Bodies
While at a retreat last month I came across an artist’s documentary artwork. I didn’t find out the artist’s name, but the work that he or she made stayed with me.
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Interview
The Story of a Mysterious Artist Colony in India and Its Looming Eviction
“Our hope is that our audience gets to see the colony like the many artists in it see it: as a world with no distinction between life and art, where India’s past, present, and future blur together, a home that somehow — impossibly, incomprehensibly — still brims with possibility.”
Comics
Painting Apples
Maybe it's seeing all of this green...
Art
The Whimsical Forms of Soviet Bus Stops
For over a decade, photographer Christopher Herwig travelled through 15 former Soviet countries on a scavenger hunt for one specific form of architecture: the common bus stop.
Art
A French History of Gold, Gilded, and Fancy Frames
Walk into a gallery of 17th- or 18th-century French paintings and prepare to be blinded by the gilding that encircles each work like an overwrought halo.
Art
A Spoken-Word Artist Goes Behind the Scenes of Detroit’s Redevelopment
DETROIT — Detroit exists these days amidst a flurry of newcomer enthusiasm, rapid development, and media characterization that sometimes leaves longtime residents struggling to identify with the way “new Detroit” is being presented — and more importantly, packaged — for outside consumption.
Books
A Guide to What Replaced the Avant-garde Spaces of 20th-Century New York
Which art hubs of 20th century New York City are now sterilized condos, and where does the creative spirit remain?
Art
Artist Threads Angry Internet Comments into New Vaginal Knitting Project
An Australian artist who previously drew a torrent angry comments for knitting with wool inserted into her vagina will soon weave that negative feedback into a new work of art.
Art
Photos of Brooklyn's Waterfront Show a Century of Change
The Brooklyn waterfront is radically changing.
Opinion
12 Reasons Why I Can't Be Facebook Friends with This Artist
An artist whose work I loathe recently sent me a "Friend Request" on Facebook.
News
Artist Will Remove Bushwick Crochet Mural that Sparked Community Protest
A 15-foot-tall crocheted mural that appeared, unauthorized, on the side of a private Bushwick residence and has since stirred debate about gentrification and street art is coming down today.
Art
The Magna Carta Makes a Rare and Brief Appearance in NYC
For one week only, a 1217 version of the Magna Carta is visiting New York City on a rare tour from England.