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.
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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.
News
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.
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Will Ellsworth Kelly's Austin Sanctuary Out-Transcend Houston's Rothko Chapel?
Move out of the way, Houston, with your fancy Rothko Chapel. Austin’s fix’n to get one of its own, this time designed by Color Field artist Ellsworth Kelly.
In Brief
Angered Archaeologists Allow Thousands to Enter the Louvre for Free
On Thursday about 100 peeved archaeologists took over the lobby of the Louvre in Paris, blocking the ticket booths for nearly five hours and allowing visitors to enter the museum without paying admission.
Art
Can 16,000 Suspended Flowers Make Times Square Tolerable?
New Yorkers often complain that Times Square feels sterile and dead. The London-based artist Rebecca Louise Law’s new installation, “Flowers 2015: Outside In,” suspended in the lobby of the Viacom building, reintroduces nature and life to the neighborhood’s largely artificial environment.
Art
Beyond Voodoo: Defying Expectations of Haitian Art
PARIS — Winter has been kind to art lovers in Paris.
Art
When Women Fought Nukes with Anarchy and Won
Brooklyn's Interference Archive is showcasing the work of the women who occupied the area surrounding England's cruise missile installation, reshaping British public opinion and attracting international attention to the nuclear arms race.
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A Blue Whale Dethrones a Dinosaur as Natural History Museums Embrace Their Research Side
Museum displays are constantly in flux, as institutions choose what identity they want to present to the public.