Art
An Artist Embarks on an Impossible Project for Tamir Rice
CLEVELAND — Artist Michael Rakowitz is working with the city of Cleveland on an unattainable goal: the removal of the color orange from the city.
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An Archaeological Twist in a Florida Fight Against High-Speed Rail
Eastern Floridians who have long been fighting a high-speed rail development in their region claim in a lawsuit that it would damage two "prehistoric sites of cultural importance."
Art
After Three Decades of Obscurity, Helvetica's Successor Reemerges
When Haas Unica was introduced in 1980, it was intended as an illustrious successor to the highly popular sans-serif Helvetica.
Art
Front to Back, Top to Bottom, a New Book Series Reimagines How We Read
SYNAPSE curators Anna-Sophie Springer and Etienne Turpin set out to investigate the Anthropocene hypothesis: that humanity’s impact on the earth has been so great that it necessitates a new geological age.
Comics
Teatotaler Artists Beware
A yearlong moratorium might be in order.
Art
The Painted Pantry of Vermeer's Milkmaid
At this very moment, Vermeer may be spinning like a lathe in his grave. Or, just maybe, he’s executing a slow, pleasurable shimmy. In either case, the proximate cause would be Walk-In Pantry, an installation at Fridman Gallery by the artist Summer Wheat.
Art
A Refreshing Dose of Cynicism-Free Abstraction
Clare Grill is a painter based in Queens. She has shown consistently, if not quietly, over the last few years.
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Picking Up Art Later in Life Could Help the Brain
You’re never too old to follow your dreams, or so the saying goes.
Art
A Surreal Game Leaves You Stuck Inside a Train Station
In the video game Off-Peak, you're trapped in a train station that's a surreal concoction of New York City architecture
Opinion
A Patronizing Argument Against Cultural Repatriation
In the past few decades, cultural institutions in the West have increasingly felt pressure to return artifacts acquired through questionable means during the colonial era.
Opinion
Required Reading
This week, swapping a run-down house and a Henry Moore sculpture, only 18% of Artforum covers have featured art by women, the mysterious world of the "sneakernet," how Imelda Marcos bought a Goya, and more.
Opinion
Weekend Words: Happiness
This week it was reported that the first recordings ever made by Elvis Presley, "My Happiness" and "That’s When Your Heartaches Begin" (both 1953), have been digitized and will be released by Jack White’s Third Man Records.