Art
PARIS — The use of mirrors in art has been a rich one, used by Pop, Kinetic, Minimal, and Conceptual artists. In this long tradition, the Jeu de Paume currently offers an additional point of reference.
News
On this week's art crime blotter: Uncanny canine sculpture goes for a walk, German art dealer gets six years, and Navy veteran accused of improper flag use in baby photo shoot.
Art
LONDON — The documentary Restrepo (2010) opens with a dramatic shot of a helicopter whirring through the craggy brown peaks, green fields, and deep valleys of Afghanistan.
Art
This week, Donatello has a New York moment, the films of the Forcefield artist collective are in the spotlight, Dread Scott discusses revolution and art while propaganda art is the topic in Bushwick, and more.
Art
On a dismal, rainy Saturday in Manhattan, as dirty snow slowly melted to reveal winter’s detritus outside, the cheerful, humorous, and ever approachable Fred Wilson led a group of gallerygoers through Isamu Noguchi’s Variations.
In Brief
Most museums across the US and Europe have had a difficult time handling the selfie onslaught.
Art
What started as an unsanctioned urban intervention is getting increased official support for bringing grassroots wayfinding to the streets.
News
This past weekend, at a conference called Interrupt 3 at Brown University, poet Kenneth Goldsmith read Michael Brown's St. Louis County autopsy report as a poem.
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In Brief
In a recent interview with the French design blog Clique, noted college dropout Kanye West claimed that he is "getting an honorary doctorate on May 5th from the Art Institute of Chicago."
Art
In January, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi caused a stir when he stepped out in a pin-striped suit emblazoned with his own name.
Announcement
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Opinion
LOS ANGELES — When we last reported on Norms Coffee Shop in January, the new owner of the Southern California chain had just been issued a demolition permit for the building, leading to a massive outcry from architectural preservationists.