Opinion
Liberté, Égalité, and … Beyoncé
For the days when you don't feel a sense of brotherhood, there is Beyoncé.
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Art
Writing with a 19th-Century Architectural Alphabet
In the 19th century, an Italian artist created an architectural alphabet in which letters are depicted as monumental structures.
Art
ArtRx NYC
This week, enjoy Batman in Bryant Park, experience Cuban culture in Queens, visit MoCADA for an exhibit on how black communities are affected by natural disasters, sign up for the new Greenpoint Open Studios, and it is your last chance to see shows by Hito Steyerl and another on Capitalist Realism b
In Brief
Pro-Russian Separatists Kidnap Artist in Ukraine
Pro-Russian rebels have abducted an artist in eastern Ukraine, the International Business Times reported.
News
University of Chicago Whitewashes Commissioned Mural, Artists Claim Censorship
The University of Chicago whitewashed a mural created by visiting artists to the school without consulting the artists or the organizer of their visit. The school says the mural was painted over in response to complaints from local residents in the neighborhood where it was painted, but the artists
News
Marfa's Art World Gentrification Is Pushing Out Long-Time Residents
After Donald Judd moved to Marfa, Texas in 1971, he quickly transformed the cow-town into the art world’s desert outpost, much to the chagrin of some locals.
Art
The Radical Brazilian Artist Who Abandoned Art
As the visitor to the Museum of Modern Art walks across a swarming fifth floor this summer, she will find Lygia Clark: The Abandonment of Art, 1948–1988, the first comprehensive retrospective of the Brazilian artist’s career in America.
Art
Unearthed Photographs from National Geographic’s Archive
The arresting images that have thrived on the pages of National Geographic since 1888 are just a fraction of the photographs taken for the magazine.
Interview
A Vivian Maier Collector Opens Up About Posthumous Printing, Maier's Only Heir, and Her Legacy
Collector Jeffrey Goldstein agreed to speak with me about some of the concerns raised in my previous post — including the handling of Vivian Maier's artworks and story, as well as the ethics of making posthumous prints from her original negatives.
Art
Why Are There So Many Art Exhibition Revivals?
A big part of the art world is art history, and nowhere is that clearer than in the recent spate of exhibition revivals.
Books
Architecture That Doesn't Only Live in Nature But Is Made of It
Inspired by bird nests or vanishing building techniques, architecture based on natural materials is an expanding focus in both sculpture garden and urban landscape.
Opinion
Required Reading
This week, museums of the mind, Google captured in photos, a leaked document by Manifesta 10 curator Kasper König, 30 years of cell phone design, Sonny Rollins spoof goes wrong, online curators, and more.