News
A Snapshot of the 2015 World Press Photo Winners
The World Press Photo Contest 2015, this year culling from 97,912 images from 5,692 photographers representing 131 countries, announced its winners on February 12.
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Art
The Complex Tale of Vietnamese Modernism
Vietnamese contemporary art has received a fair amount of press recently and that’s a good thing. However, most Vietnamese artists who are reviewed either studied abroad or have had the opportunity to travel abroad, or grew up outside of Vietnam before returning home.
In Brief
Cartooning Against the Communists for the CIA
It's always strange to hear about artists in the pay of governments — the union seems so mismatched. In a recent interview with the Washington City Paper, cartoonist Chip Beck discussed using his pen to further the CIA's mission abroad.
News
8,000 Books and Manuscripts Lost After ISIS Bombs Mosul Library
On Sunday night, more than 8,000 books and manuscripts were destroyed after ISIS militants bombed Mosul's Central Library.
Art
When Consumer Goods Blossom into Otherworldly Fungi
LOS ANGELES — Benjamin Lord's grossly delectable photographs, on view in his exhibition The New Retail Mycology at Monte Vista Projects, invite viewers to closely consider the social construction of a landscape.
Art
All of Audubon's 'Birds of America' in One High-Resolution Flock
This digital version of Birds of America draws you back into Audubon’s world while emphasizing the need for conservation today.
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Frank Lloyd Wright's West Coast Experiment, Ramping Up to the Guggenheim
Before the quarter-mile ramp of New York’s Guggenheim Museum, Frank Lloyd Wright envisioned a smaller slope on the West Coast.
Interview
Plotting Your Favorite Novels Visually
Matthew Jockers, a professor at the University of Nebraska, is at work compiling data from novels in an attempt to determine if they share a set of common plots.
Announcement
SVA Art Practice: A Low-Residency, Interdisciplinary Approach to an MFA
The art world is not a market. It’s a conversation. MFA Art Practice at the School of Visual Arts is a low-residency, interdisciplinary graduate program that aims to create a global community and conversation within the arts.[http://engine.nectarads.com/p/eyJhdiI6MTc0OSwiYXQiOjIwLCJidCI6MCwiY20iOjIx
Art
The Political Poseurs of Contemporary Russian Art
It is always a thankless task to review a show against the backdrop of current political events.
Art
Nirvana for Lovers of Victoriana
LONDON — A Victorian Obsession is a touring exhibition of the largest collection of Victorian painting outside Great Britain: 52 works of consistently staggering technical quality and significance, owned by Mexican businessman Juan Antonio Pérez Simón.
Art
A Bloody Video Game Ode on a Grecian Urn
Apotheon brings the classical world of ancient Greek pottery to life as a full-length animated video game.