News
Historian Cracks a Code and Discovers a Possible Portrait of Shakespeare
"I know a bank where the wild thyme blows," William Shakespeare wrote in a stanza from A Midsummer Night's Dream.
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Interview
California Artists Address Coast-to-Coast Political Struggles
What goes West must always return East because New York is still the center of the American art market.
Opinion
Why I Don't Buy the Premise of Christoph Büchel's Icelandic Mosque Pavilion
I've been hesitant to embrace Christoph Büchel's project for the Icelandic Pavilion at the 2015 Venice Biennale from the beginning.
In Brief
Which Artist Will Grace the UK's New £20 Bill?
The Bank of England has announced that a visual artist will grace the new £20 bill.
News
Art Movements
This week in art news: A mural was unveiled to coincide with Ireland's same-sex marriage referendum, New York's City Council passed a bill that requires open hearings on public art projects, and the FBI published a (heavily redacted) selection of its files on Buckminster Fuller.
News
New French Report Zooms In on Field of Photography
Anecdotally, most people would probably agree that photography has changed more dramatically over the last 15 years than any other sector of visual art.
Hyperallergic
Welcome the Participants for the Superscript Blog Mentorship
We're very excited to introduce you to the three writers who will be joining us at Superscript.
Art
The 2015 NY Art Book Fair Is Now Accepting Exhibitor Applications
Deadline for applications is May 31, 2015.
Art
Soaking in the Materiality of the Vatican
BOGOTÁ, Colombia — For those who can't travel to the Vatican, a photographic series by Massimo Listro offers a chance to wander imaginatively through its halls.
Art
A Film Portrait of the "Doomsday Vault" that Guards Our Agricultural Biodiversity
On a Norwegian island 810 miles south of the North Pole is a safety net for an agricultural crisis.
Opinion
Why a White Poet Should Not Be Attempting to Reclaim the "N-Word"
Both literature and visual art share a common concern: they continue to grapple with questions of inclusion and diversity, and in many ways have done a poor job of righting the long-standing wrongs of white men who have dominated the landscape since forever.
Art
Sum of the Arts
Number of figures Edward Hopper posed for in his 1942 painting "Nighthawks" = 2