In Brief
Selfie Snappers Smash Baroque Sculpture in Herculean Feat of Stupidity
On Friday two tourists visiting the northern Italian city of Cremona broke part of an 18th-century sculpture they were climbing to take a selfie.
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Art
Missing Jane Farver
BOSTON — The news of Jane Farver’s death on April 29 came as a complete shock.
Comics
6 Ways to Avoid the Torturous Art Career Road
This career may not be suitable for everyone.
Art
Rorschach Inkblots Conjure Up Themes of Loss in Iran
It’s not so easy for Iranian-American artists to portray their hyphenated identities.
Art
The Myths of Kurt Cobain Resurface in a New Documentary
The death of Kurt Cobain in early April of 1994 shocked almost nobody who knew him and almost everybody who didn’t.
News
Two Killed at Muhammad Art Contest in Texas, ISIS Claiming Responsibility
Last night, two men were killed and one man was injured at the American Freedom Defense Initiative's "Muhammad Art Exhibit and Contest" in the Dallas/Forth Worth area.
Opinion
Required Reading
This week, Instagram's impact on art collecting, Chicago's missing Keith Haring, 50 buildings in 50 cities, privilege at art museums, the largest object in the universe, and more.
Opinion
Weekend Words: Left
On Thursday, Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders announced his candidacy for President, and will run against Hillary Clinton for the Democratic nomination.
Interview
Beer with a Painter: Jason Karolak
Jason Karolak and I spoke over beers in his studio one day during the never-ending winter.
Poetry
Corsino Fortes: The Poetics and Politics of Seduction
The central objects and images of Cabo Verde poet Corsino Fortes are deceptively simple: sun, moon, sea, stone, bread, drums, guitars, blood, palm, fist, thumb, and mouth, along with the colors red, yellow, and green, appear time and again throughout the book.
Art
A Light Heart Through Heavy Times: Ed Sanders’ Glyphic Works
In early 1966, following a New Years’ gig by his folk-rock band, the Fugs, the poet Ed Sanders woke up to find that his Peace Eye Bookstore, then on East 10th Street, had been raided by the NYPD.
Art
The Triumph of Revisionism: The Whitney’s American Century
With America Is Hard to See, the exhibition inaugurating its luminous new Renzo Piano building, the Whitney has reclaimed its role among the city’s museums as the engine of the new.