Opinion
Before Abramović, A History of Nothing
As might be expected, Marina Abramović's new performance event at the Sean Kelly gallery, Generator, has attracted a healthy level of press coverage that is concomitant with her reputation.
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Art
Marking Portraits with the Passage of Time
David Mramor’s glamorous pathos is a precise and nuanced excavation of the layers inherent in the steady march of time — a journey, perhaps, toward a painterly manifestation of the punctum.
Art
Let Them Eat Art: Queens Through the Ages
In her infamous speech at the British Museum last year, writer Hilary Mantel described Kate Middleton, future queen of England, as a “shop-window mannequin” whose sole purpose was to look pretty and give birth.
Opinion
$46M Spent on Extinction Monument Could Help Curb Extinction
Earlier this month, workers in England broke ground on a $46 million memorial to extinct species.
Opinion
Another Boring List Praises the White Men of Art and Architecture
Hardly a day goes by on the internet without a publication releasing some kind of Important List. The latest is The New Republic's "100 Years 100 Thinkers," a compendium prompted by the magazine's centennial.
In Brief
Art Students Erase Historic Graffiti Wall in Prague
The so-called John Lennon Wall in Prague, which, since its namesake's assassination in 1980, has been a popular destination for tourists, taggers, and street artists, was completely erased with white paint on Monday by an artist collective calling itself Prague Service.
Art
Nam June Paik's Robot Dreams
Nam June Paik: Becoming Robot, organized by the Asia Society Museum, is the first solo show of the Korean-born artist in New York City since his celebrated 2000 Guggenheim retrospective.
News
Will Landmark Modernist Fountain in Bmore Soon Be No More?
Baltimore's McKeldin Fountain, a fixture of the city's inner harbor since water started cascading down its tiered basins in 1982, may soon be demolished.
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French Manuscript Museum Raided over Murky Investment Scheme
Paris's Musée des Lettres et Manuscrits (MLM), an institution devoted to ancient manuscripts and historic letters, was raided by French authorities on Tuesday for its apparent role in a fraudulent investment scheme masterminded by the museum's founder, financier Gérard Lhéritier.
Announcement
Cranbrook Academy of Art: Yes, and No
We all take different paths to reach the destination that’s right for us. To get there, we have to ask some tough questions. Cranbrook Academy of Art [http://engine.nectarads.com/r?e=eyJhdiI6NzM0ODEsImF0IjoyMCwiYnQiOjAsImNtIjoxODk2NzMsImNoIjoxOTMwLCJjciI6NjcxNDM4LCJkbSI6NCwiZmMiOjY5MzgzNCwiZmwiOjQyM
Art
Between Theory and Action in Social Practice Art
That social practice is difficult to define is not a new problem. However, what I experienced was not so much a confusion of terms but a confusion of time: a series of talks that demonstrated the divide produced by the slowness of theory pitted against an active practice.
Poetry
"Oregon Trail" by Adam Fitzgerald
Our poetry editor, Joe Pan, has selected a poem by Adam Fitzgerald for his series that brings original poetry to the screens of Hyperallergic readers.