Art
A Coven of Art Convenes to Examine the Face of the Witch
Whether you imagine a witch as a monstrous Macbeth conjuror, or a more innocuous pointy-hatted character riding a broomstick, it's likely the visuals of art have something to do with it.
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Announcement
apexart's Unsolicited Proposal Program, Open Call for Submissions
On October 1, apexart opens its NYC Unsolicited Proposal Program [http://engine.nectarads.com/r?e=eyJhdiI6MzMzMywiYXQiOjIwLCJidCI6MCwiY20iOjE1NTc2MCwiY2giOjE5MzAsImNyIjo1Mzc5MTQsImRtIjo0LCJmYyI6NTQ1NjMxLCJmbCI6Mjg2ODMzLCJpcCI6IjU0LjIwNC4xMjkuMTQiLCJudyI6MjA3LCJwYyI6MCwicHIiOjE2NjYsInJ0IjoxLCJzdCI6MC
Opinion
What, Exactly, Is Censorship?
Last week, the controversial production "Exhibit B" was canceled by the City of London's Barbican Centre, which issued a statement decrying the "profoundly troubling" protests that "silence artists and performers."
Art
Martin Scorsese Celebrates a New York Literary Institution
The 50 Year Argument, Martin Scorsese’s new documentary about The New York Review of Books, uses the same opening-sequence footage as another film about life in the Big Apple: West Side Story.
In Brief
Guggenheim Plans Second New York Location
The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum will be adding a second location in New York, the Art Newspaper reported. A job listing on the Guggenheim's website containing all the information mentioned in the report seems to be the source.
Art
ArtRx LA
This week is pretty performance heavy, with dance from the legendary Yvonne Rainer, an experimental performance at Pieterspace, and Doug Aitken's sign-spinning happening.
News
UK Copyright Law Gets Exception for Parody
A series of updates to UK copyright law are scheduled to go into effect tomorrow, finally allowing for the use of copyrighted material in the creation of parody, the BBC reported.
Art
A Tibetan Artist's Political Pop
HONG KONG — In his new show at Pearl Lam Galleries in Hong Kong, contemporary Tibetan artist Gonkar Gyatso uses traditional Tibetan landscape themes and iconography, but also tchotchkes, bricolage, cartoon bubbles, and stickies, all of which serve as cheery subterfuge for the dire messages he buries
Books
Contemporary Art's Body Language
The Figure: Painting Drawing and Sculpture, Contemporary Perspectives has the look of a high-end coffee table decoration, but don’t judge this book just by its Martha Mayer Erlebacher cover.
Art
Rediscovering the Roots of Black Radical Brooklyn
The energetic, jumbled print design of funkgodjazz&medicine: Black Radical Brooklyn, an exhibition by Creative Time and the Weeksville Heritage Center, strikes a bright, funkedelic chord in the mind’s eye. This is jazz; this is the casting off of the master’s linguistic tools; this is a celebration
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ArtRx NYC
This week, 265 artists take part in Greenpoint Open Studios, there's an art world comedy being filmed in Williamsburg, Cy Twombly opens at the Morgan, Artists Space considers the intersection of art and books, and it's your last chance to see the Latin American art show at the Guggenheim. And, of co
Art
Expo Chicago 2014 Fails to Inspire
CHICAGO — The common consensus about Expo Chicago 2014 is that it was a success. One hundred and forty galleries from across the globe (more than in the previous two years of the art fair’s reincarnated existence) set up their stalls in the Navy Pier exhibition hall.