Art

Traces of Human Civilization, Cast from Styrofoam Packaging

The exhibition in the back room of A.I.R. Gallery's new space in Dumbo feels like a cross between a temple and an archaeological site.

News

British Scientists Find Trove of Animal Mummies with No Bones

It sounds like the beginnings of a detective tale: researchers in the UK recently scanned 300 animal mummies from Egypt only to discover that a full third held no bodies.

Performance

The Slippery Politics of Weaponized Theater

Trash Cuisine is a play about the visceral horrors of political violence.

News

NASA Launches $2.25M Design Competition to 3D Print Habitats for Mars

The hope is that 3D printing and the incorporation of spacecraft waste and materials from the alien world can in turn help address affordable housing on Earth.

Art

The (Un)Changing Portrayal of White Women in 100 Years of Advertisements

The idea is so ingenious, it almost seems obvious: take advertisements and remove the text that makes them so, leaving only a string of images behind.

Interview

Critics of the Cultural Boycott of Israel Make Their Case

Editor’s note: The following interview, which was conducted over email, is the third in a continuing series exploring BDS and its connection to the art world.

Opinion

Sunday Night's 'Game of Thrones' Episode Doesn't Endorse Rape

I think that there is ample justification for the disturbing scene in “Unbowed, Unbent, Unbroken.”

In Brief

Marina Abramović Is "Very Pissed" at Jay Z [UPDATED]

It's been nearly two years since Marina Abramović made her appearance at the shoot for Jay Z's "Picasso Baby" music video, but the events of that day are still fresh in her mind.

Art

Personal Takes on the Realities of Colonialism

LONDON — How do you tell a story that does not want to be told?

Art

Kehinde Wiley Paints the Precariousness of Black Life

Much has been made of the current Kehinde Wiley retrospective at the Brooklyn Museum.

Art

The Baroque World of Rubens as a Kinetic Carousel of the Damned

In a colossal carousel of horror, Mat Collishaw and Sebastian Burdon reinterpreted the chaotic violence of Peter Paul Rubens's "Massacre of the Innocents" paintings as a 3D-printed zoetrope.

Opinion

Do Academic Articles Need Wide Audiences?

The cultural push towards artifacts with obvious, immediate utility is symptomatic of a culture that fails to place sufficient value on humanistic or artistic pursuits, many of which don’t have tangible or quantifiable benefits.