In Brief
As a Poppy-Flooded Armistice Day Ends, a Major WWI Library May Close
The Imperial War Museum (IWM) library in London is reportedly under threat as the institution faces a major budget cut.
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50 Protest Batsheva Dance Company Opening at BAM
Around 50 members of the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) movement gathered at a rally yesterday in response to the premiere performance of Batsheva Dance Company's four-day run of Sadeh21.
Interview
The Downside of Art Going Viral
What happens when an artist places their work on mainstream media and feels overwhelmed by negative comments? Kristine Potter found out after Buzzfeed posted her photographs.
In Brief
Angry Photographer Rejects Prize, Criticizes Spain's "Pitiful" Cultural Landscape
Spanish culture minister José Ignacio Wert just might be Spain's most unpopular man.
Art
Alternative Media: Software and Video in 1970s Counterculture
In the midst of laments that the shared culture of television is dwindling – that charming picture of a nuclear family gathered around the TV set outshone by the glow of individual screens — “Send Blank Tape,” an installation at Pioneer Works, is providing an alternative communal viewing experience.
Comics
A Watercolor Requiem
Last week, a good friend's mom passed away.
Art
Reading a Drawing Without Labels
Dan Miller has created some of the most glorious work that I’ve seen in a long time.
Art
The Very Modern Portraits of Egon Schiele
The central question of portraiture is how to best turn its subjects inside out — how to best manipulate an inanimate medium so as to capture an animate sitter with a hidden history of invisible experience.
Books
A Colorful Compendium of Infographics for Understanding the World Now
From the amount the potential tax revenue from legalizing drugs worldwide to disappearing seed varieties, data journalist David McCandless transforms abstract information into engaging visuals.
Community
A View from the Easel
CHICAGO — Artist studios in Australia, California, Germany, Massachusetts, and Michigan.
Books
The Mouse, an Unexpected and Enduring Art Muse
As one of the most common mammals on our planet, the diminutive mouse has been scurrying its way into art for centuries. The rodent has now finally received its own art compendium with Lorna Owen's Mouse Muse: The Mouse in Art, out next week from Monacelli Press.
News
UK Planning Inspector Blocks "Unexceptional" Frank Lloyd Wright House
The construction of the first Frank Lloyd Wright house in the UK has been officially derailed by planning officials who just can’t see what all the fuss over Wright is about, Architect's Journal reported.