Art
A Masterpiece by Which to Remember Type Designer Hermann Zapf
In his lifetime, German type designer Hermann Zapf created around 200 typefaces across the world's languages, from Arabic to Cherokee.
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When Postinternet Art Starts to All Look the Same
Molly Soda is an art darling of a generation that grew up with the internet as a constant companion.
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Cat Running for Canadian Parliament on Anti-Graffiti Platform
The new independent parliamentary candidate for Montreal's tony, predominantly anglophone NDG–Westmount district is a a four-year-old cat named Humbert.
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ISIS Murders Former Chief of Antiquities in Palmyra
Khaled al-Asaad, who served as the director general of the Palmyra Directorate of Antiquities and Museums from 1963 to 2003, was beheaded Tuesday by ISIS fighters in the ancient city.
Art
A Classic Bronx Street Art Maze Is Reborn
Jane Dickson’s City Maze (1980) was one of Fashion Moda’s most celebrated exhibitions.
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A Giant Prayer Wheel in the Heart of Times Square
A giant, beautifully hand-carved, wooden prayer wheel has appeared in the heart of Times Square, courtesy of Brooklyn-based artist duo FAILE.
Performance
Ignoring Broadway Hype in Favor of Intimate Theater
Annie Baker’s style could not be more different from that of Hamilton: her plays are long, light on plot, spoken not sung, full of lengthy pauses.
Art
Hundreds of Geocities Images Organized Neatly
In April of 2009, Yahoo! Geocities stopped offering free web-hosting services in the United States, rendering its at least 38 million personal, custom-designed pages frozen in time, accessible albeit unmodifiable.
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Artist Shocked When Her Art, Lost in Transit, Turns Up at Auction
On August 4, 2014, Cal Lane, a Canadian artist based in New York, shipped three boxes each containing three of her large Veiled Hood Stain prints to her gallery in Montreal, Art Mûr.
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ArtRx LA
LOS ANGELES — This week, the Architecture and Design Museum reopens in its new home, a cross-country art tour is captured on film, two teams of artists take turns tearing apart and reconstructing a vacant retail space, and more.
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Crimes of the Art
On this week's art crime blotter: sculptures by "the Soviet Henry Moore" smashed in Moscow, a Roman altar stolen from a British Museum, and a Chicago museum's Ronald McDonald statue decapitated.
Opinion
Another Oblivious Artist Comes to Detroit, Accidentally Lets Tiger Loose
DETROIT — With the rise of Detroit as a sexy location for artistic spirits to be free from the confines of civilization, has come a backlash from everyday Detroiters, wondering what, exactly, is so blank about the city’s canvas.