Performance
The third season of the Prototype: Opera/Theatre/Now festival opened ominously last week, with 31 young women dressed in black singing against the evil that can come with group control.
Interview
For the past six years, the Danish-Icelandic artist Olafur Eliasson has been working with a color chemist to produce paint pigments that correspond to each nanometer of the visible light spectrum.
In Brief
Projects like “Exhibition on the Screen” wed the democratization of art with the preservation of its sense of immediacy — and allow those who cannot afford to travel to cities like New York or London, much less live in them, to share in the arts.
News
Regulations being proposed by the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) could clip the wings of artists who use drones in their practice.
In Brief
Next month, educators at close to 100 schools across the country will pilot new national art standards for education.
Art
This week, there's a show of work from underground film icon Mike Kuchar, LA's longest running photo fair, discussions about art and politics, a screening of the world's first Farsi language vampire western, and more.
In Brief
The proposed US Congressional bill to give visual artists royalties on the resale of their work at auction is dead, but a House Representative plans to revive it.
Art
"Maybe all you needed was a little hip-hop pizzazz," says Jamel (James III) in the first episode of artist Jayson Musson's new time travel comedy series, The Adventures of Jamel.
Art
LOS ANGELES — The Cats-in-Residence Program, which opened last month at 356 Mission, takes a decidedly different approach, putting the cats themselves at the center of the experience.
Art
Data artist Josh Begley has created an online Prison Map that catalogues aerial photographs of prisons, jails, and other American detention centers to give the architecture of the growing prison population a tangibility and scale.
Art
To entice potential applicants, the IDYNC program offers a variety of cultural perks. Here’s a quick primer on why art enthusiasts might want a IDNYC card — and how to get one.
Art
This is the week to explore France at the Morgan Library, party at MoMA's PopRally, visit the Lenin Museum in Midtown, or learn to dumpster dive in Queens.