Opinion
Vladimir Putin's Birthday Art Bash
Pop quiz: What’s the best way to celebrate the 62nd birthday of a "democratic" leader with dictator-like tendencies?
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Interview
AA Bronson on Queer Collaborations, Shamanism, and Korean History
GWANGJU, South Korea — For the past several years, AA Bronson's work has drawn on the acute awareness of radical pedagogies and alternative economies that he developed as a member of the Canadian artists collective General Idea.
Art
This Opera Doesn't Need You
I always thought there was something half-baked in Bertolt Brecht's formulation of the "alienation effect."
Comics
An Artist Discovers Hunting Season
Just when you think you're prepared for anything …
Opinion
What Makes Art Racist?
Today, the European Network Against Racism (ENAR), a self-described “voice of the anti-racist movement in Europe,” released a statement titled, “Is art becoming the ultimate refuge of racism in Sweden and Denmark?”
Art
The Rose Art Museum Brings in the Big Guns
WALTHAM, Mass. — Back in 2009, Brandeis University announced that it would close its Rose Art Museum and sell off the entire collection, widely regarded as one of the best holdings of postwar and contemporary art in the country.
Opinion
What Happens When National Geographic Steals Your Art?
National Geographic used artist Barrett Lyon’s internet image on the cover of its bookazine, 100 Scientific Discoveries that Changed the World, and in the book, The Big Idea, without Lyon’s permission.
Art
How Proust Would Explore the West Village
Elastic City is shaking up the idea of walking, and it doesn't involve tours. One of the organization's recent art walks, titled "Favorites," was a saunter through the West Village led by writer Sarah Schulman, performance artist and director Niegel Smith, and Elastic City founder Todd Shalom.
Art
Dread Scott Enacts the Images of Oppression
The archway under the Manhattan Bridge was the site of artist Dread Scott's one-time-only performance "On the Impossibility of Freedom in a Country Founded on Slavery and Genocide."
In Brief
Whitney Studio, a Landmark in Need of Repair, Designated "National Treasure"
The New York Studio School's Whitney Studio in Greenwich Village has been designated a "National Treasure" by the National Trust for Historic Preservation.
Performance
Turning Manifestos into Music
The premiere live performance of conceptual artist Charles Gaines’s “Manifestos 2” (2013) at the Museum of Modern Art on September 27 was nothing short of synesthetic.
Opinion
Moshe Safdie Calls on Architects to Rethink How Cities Are Built
In his keynote speech closing the World Architecture Festival last week, Moshe Safdie called for a reevaluation of how we design our cities, Dezeen reported. The 76-year-old architect argued that his profession’s understanding of “what urban design is all about” needs a “reorientation.”