In Brief
Woodcut Kitty Porn of the Edo and Meiji Periods
A new exhibition coming to the Japan Society this spring brings a different perspective to bear on our feline friends.
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Feeling at Home with Alison Bechdel
ANN ARBOR, Mich. — When it comes to creating an installation of the work of cartoonist Alison Bechdel, a curator is faced with more than the usual conundrums of what merits inclusion.
Comics
How to Build Your Offline Presence
The offline world, though rarely explored, can offer many opportunities to the aspiring artist.
Performance
Getting Lost in the Woods of a Swedish Vampire Tale
With the thick fall of snow over New York in these recent days, the city is the perfect setting for a beautifully staged Swedish vampire tale.
Art
Searching for Ourselves Amid the Monstrous
Beautiful Beast, a show that opened at the New York Academy of Art last week, is situated at the intersection of the monstrous and sublime.
Art
Looking for the Incredible in a Simple Moment
Ninety-nine years after the first home was built in Berthoud, Colorado, a 39-year-old photographer walked the streets of this small town at night.
In Brief
Vandal Destroys Conceptual Art Water Fountain
The University of California, San Diego (UCSD) recently lost one of its campus’s most subtle and unusual piece of public art.
Art
A Brief Look at the 2015 Oscar-Nominated Live-Action Shorts
In our first review of the 2015 Oscar-nominated short films, the imaginative animated shorts led things off. With less than a week to go until the awards themselves, it’s time to get cozy with their often stonier cousins, the live-action shorts.
Art
When the Art Just Can't Compete with the Architecture
PORTLAND, Oregon — Entering Disjecta Contemporary Art Center's main space feels more like visiting a dance hall than a gallery, with its vaulted timber ceiling and 15-foot-high walls.
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Artist Ticked Off at Watchmaker's Unauthorized Use of His Work
The Saudi artist Ahmed Mater is suing watchmaker Swatch for using one of his works to sell a luxury timepiece.
Art
Architecture that Integrates the Human Body
PARIS — The Fondation Cartier pour l’Art Contemporain in Paris commemorates its 30th anniversary with “Musings on a Glass Box,” a two-part immersive installation by controversial New York design studio Diller Scofidio + Renfro that nearly empties the museum’s ground floor.
Art
Miniature Landscapes Through the Looking Glass
Brooklyn-based artist Patrick Jacobs’s aptly titled show Come Closer to Me, at Williamsburg gallery Pierogi, beckons visitors to do just that — to step closer in order to discern extraordinarily detailed etchings of fungal rings and take in miniature pastoral landscapes.