Art
In the Wake of Gezi, Taking Stock of Istanbul's Art Scene
ISTANBUL — What are the ramifications of the Gezi Taksim protests for the artistic community in Istanbul and, by extension, the arts in Turkey?
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Museo Jumex Abruptly Cancels Hermann Nitsch Exhibition
MEXICO CITY — On the eve of this city’s biggest art fair, Zona MACO, the Museo Jumex quietly decided to cancel its upcoming Hermann Nitsch exhibition.
Opinion
Required Reading
This week, profiting from antiquities, public parks for billionaires, net neutrality, deleting the internet, the ethics of selfies, McDonalds that won't decay, and more.
Opinion
Weekend Words: Disease
As cases of measles escalate, the New York Times reported this week that infectious diseases once believed to be “forever in the country’s rearview mirror” are now returning because ‘too many people are not getting their children vaccinated, out of a conviction that inoculations are risky.”
Art
Master of Many
There used to be a time when curators could slap a label on a group of artists, claiming the work to be central, progressive, and an important part of their narrative of art history.
Art
Why Do US and European Galleries Flock to Mexico City's Zona MACO?
MEXICO CITY — Zona MACO, Mexico City’s, and arguably Latin America’s, biggest art fair opened here Wednesday night at the massive Centro Banamex convention center on the outskirts of the city.
Performance
The Wild Wild Fests: New York's Gathering of the Theatrical Tribes
The roster of simultaneous festivals that regularly occur in January in New York can be overwhelming.
Poetry
House of Cards: The Poetry of Lev Rubinstein
Russian poet Lev Rubinstein (b. 1947) is generally described as a conceptualist artist, and is associated, as a founding member, with the group called the Moscow Conceptualists.
Interview
Beer with a Painter: Terry Winters
“Let’s just delete all of that and start over again,” Terry Winters said to me, laughing, mid-way through our conversation.
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Smithsonian Joins Forces with 14 Museums to Pool Data on American Art
The Smithsonian American Art Museum has launched the American Art Collaborative, a consortium of 14 museums across the country coming together to create what you might call the art-world version of the Digital Public Library of America.
Art
Touch Screens and Tech Art Take Over Mexico City
MEXICO CITY — A festival is underway in this megalopolis with the ambitious proposal to impose ephemeral, technology-based public art on Chilangos as they go about their daily lives.
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Art Movements
This week in art news: MoMA announced 24-hour access to its Matisse cut-outs exhibition, the Manhattan district attorney's office subpoenaed several galleries for their sales tax investigation, and a Gauguin painting is rumored to have sold for $300 million.