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Governors Island Art Fair Lodges in New York Harbor's Military Ruins for the Month

Among peeling paint and creaking floors, the Governors Island Art Fair returned this past weekend to the former military homes of Colonels Row out in the New York Harbor.

Art

A Documentary for the Witch of Kings Cross, Australia's Persecuted Occult Artist

Filmmaker Sonia Bible considers Rosaleen Norton "the most persecuted artist in Australian history." With a new documentary, she's hoping to set a more accurate record of the life of woman who in the 1940s and 50s scandalized the country with her occult art, and bold sexuality.

Art

ArtRx LA

This week, we have a seldom seen documentary starring LA itself, early digital art from the 1960s, the last chance to see proto-PoMo painter John Altoon's LACMA retrospective, and lots more.

Art

Making Sense of the Legal Battle Over Vivian Maier’s Artworks

A legal battle has ensued over who has legal rights to an artist’s photographic negatives.

Art

The Folly of Performance

Performance art doesn't have to be so heavy. It can be light, like diving head-first into the trash, in Tamar Ettun's case.

Interview

Helping Syrian Filmmakers Tell the Human Narratives of Conflict

Among the films produced by one Syrian NGO: one of the first documentaries to look at the early effects that ISIS was having on residents of eastern Syria.

Comics

The Essential First Step in Any Creative Process

All you need is a giant slingshot!

Art

ArtRx NYC

This week, new shows by Morris Louis, Saul Steinberg, and R. Luke DuBois, a feminist manifesto, Greenpoint Gallery Night, and much more.

In Brief

Marble Caryatids and Panel Discovered in Greece's Largest Tomb

Archeologists have unearthed two lifelike caryatids and a large colored marble panel in a tomb in northern Greece — a find described by Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras as "extremely significant.”

Opinion

British Museum Wants Someone to Update Its Website for Free [UPDATED]

The British Museum is a flagship cultural institution with 2013 expenditures of £115.4 million (~$186.2 million). It is also, according to a current online listing, seeking free help from experienced coders in the guise, naturally, of an internship or "student placement" with its "Digital Team."

Opinion

Advice from Jenny Holzer for the NFL and Ray Rice

What happens when you combine Ray Rice, football, a meme, and Jenny Holzer?

Announcement

Joseph Gross Gallery Presents Ted Lawson's "The Map is Not The Territory"

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