Film
The Fine Line Between Fiction and Truth in the Art of the Reel
Real, surreal, not quite real, a spectacular con — truth is found in many forms.
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Art
At the Crossroads of the World, a Dissident Cuban Artist Is Almost Heard
In the glare of the afternoon sun and the LED screens of Times Square, an unassuming woman with thick glasses and a rolling wave of gray hair stood on a soapbox and spoke, as another woman held a white dove over her shoulder.
News
Anti-Hillary Clinton Street Art Surfaces Near Her Brooklyn Campaign HQ
Within mere hours of Hillary Clinton announcing her long-anticipated bid for the 2016 presidency, anti-Clinton street art began cropping up in the vicinity of her Brooklyn campaign headquarters.
News
ISIS Video Shows Devastating Destruction of Ancient Assyria's Capital
They were removing "signs of idolatry." That's what an ISIS fighter said in a video published online Saturday.
Comics
A Comic Chat with Honus Honus of Man Man
I remember watching pianist Victor Borge perform on Sesame Street.
Art
Revisiting an 18th-Century Illuminated Islamic Manuscript
One benefit of digitization is the return to the public, if only virtually, of religious and cultural artifacts often long hidden in the collections of institutions far from their regions of origin.
Announcement
Apply Now for Salzburg International Summer Academy of Fine Arts
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Art
Recording the Insect Ecology of a Prison Reclaimed by Nature
Cell 25 in Block 9 of Philadelphia's Eastern State Penitentiary is now a cabinet of curiosities representing the animal life of this stabilized ruin.
Interview
On Leaving the Brooklyn Museum After 17 Years: An Interview with Arnold Lehman
Last September, Arnold Lehman announced that he would retire from his position as the director of the Brooklyn Museum.
In Brief
"Hologram" Protesters March Against Troubling New Anti-Terror Law
Thousands took part in a virtual march in the streets of Madrid last Friday night to protest the new Citizens’ Securities Law’s Reform law that will have a chilling effect on public protests.
Opinion
Required Reading
This week, overcharging billionaire art collectors, the recent fascination with medieval art, the world's last male white rhino, discovering the previous life of Jean-Honoré Fragonard's “Young Girl Reading,” and more.
Opinion
Weekend Words: Dry
In response to a prolonged dry spell, the state of California has instituted mandatory water restrictions, bringing to mind the line from Chinatown (1974): "Middle of a drought, the water commissioner drowns. Only in L.A."