In Brief
Scientists Ask Natural History Museums to Cut Ties with David Koch
In an open letter posted today, 39 scientists call for natural history and science museums to sever connections with climate change deniers.
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Art
Joyce Pensato's Messy Imagination, Laid Bare
Joyce Pensato is best known for her stark, large-scale paintings of cartoon characters and in particular for her series of Batman paintings that depict the cape crusader’s iconic mask using splashy skeins of black and white paint.
News
Crimes of the Art
On this week’s art crime blotter: thieves take Taco Bell painting, vandals critique Kant, and a man mistaken for Banksy sues six NYPD officers.
Announcement
VCUarts Summer Studio Program Is Now Accepting Applications
The Summer Studio Program at Virginia Commonwealth University is a supportive and rigorous residency program with an established track record of inspiring and developing artists within a hothouse environment.[http://engine.nectarads.com/p/eyJhdiI6MjEyMTIsImF0IjoyMCwiYnQiOjAsImNtIjoyMjY1MzEsImNoIjoxO
Art
From 18th-Century Tool Chest to 21st-Century Public Art Project
ROCHESTER, UK — Thanks to an association with Charles Dickens, North Kent is better known for literature than for contemporary art. But a new project by Adam Chodzko connects the two.
Art
Surveying Surveys of New American Sculpture and Photography
Concurrent surveys of new American art in two specific media — New American Sculpture at FiveMyles and Under Construction – New Positions in American Photography at Pioneer Works — reinforce just how interdisciplinary their respective fields have become.
News
Staff Stole 162 Artifacts from Museum of Macedonia
Last Friday, a judge in the Macedonian capital Skopje convicted six employees at the state-owned Museum of Macedonia of stealing objects from the institution’s collection and selling them abroad through an organized crime ring, AFP reported.
Art
Out of This World, Domestic Objects Transcend Their Daily Use
New York is a big art city, with big art fairs, big museums, and lots of big concept art.
Art
ArtRx NYC
It's a week filled with myths, performances, and discussions, but we know you're up for it.
Art
A Miniature Town Full of Vintage Cars and Evocative Stories
There’s something slightly off about Elgin Park, the sleepy steel mill town where it’s eternally 1964.
Art
An Exhibition of 100 Masks Shows Humanity's Enduring Thirst for Transformation
Around 100 masks of every contorted grimace imaginable, both human and animalistic, are assembled on the top floor of the Rubin Museum of Art for the new exhibition Becoming Another: The Power of Masks.
Opinion
The Problem with the "Medical Humanities"
A work of literature or art can be effective in different ways — most of which are by nature invisible.