Art
Imagine a zoo where animals are free to roam while humans quietly observe. Danish architects BIG (Bjarke Ingels Group) set out to make this a reality with their plan for redesigning Zootopia, a zoo in the city of Givskud.
Art
LOS ANGELES — The Paternal Suit: Heirlooms from the F. Scott Hess Family Foundation, on view at the Long Beach Museum of Art, is an exhibition that examines the imperfect influence of patriarchs and fathers on American history and American families.
Opinion
Jed Perl, a savvy polemicist far above fatuous windbag trolling, is mad as hell. Why? Because "Liberals Are Killing Art," according to the headline accompanying the art critic's latest for The New Republic.
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In Brief
The new Shigeru Ban–designed Aspen Art Museum will open with a 24-hour event this Saturday, but not everyone in town is happy.
Art
In composing a song to play for 1,000 years, the variables of technology, societal upheaval, and public understanding cannot be overlooked.
Art
It takes a certain measure of both hubris and selflessness to create an artwork that won't be completed until long after your death. Scottish artist Katie Paterson's "Future Library" begins this year and will come to fruition in 100.
Art
For the summer the Center for the Holographic Arts, that organization dedicated to mindbending 3D art, has a new home on Governors Island in one of the yellow houses that line leafy Nolan Park.
Art
Art scholar Michio Hayashi theorized that the popular perception of “Japaneseness” in the West was cemented in the 1980s by triangulating “kitsch hybridity,” “primordial nature,” and “technological sophistication.”
Art
This week, we're all about summer day getaways. That perfect trip that will change your perspective and mood, while exposing you to something out of the ordinary.
In Brief
Boston's Museum of Fine Arts (MFA) is increasingly turning to lending out marquee artworks in their collection for profit, according to the Boston Globe.
News
Traditionally known as the "first citizen of Athens," Pericles was a lover of art and literature, and a driving force behind the Parthenon's construction. Now, archeologists in the modern Greek capital claim to have discovered the statesman's wine cup, according to the Greek newspaper Ta Nea.
Opinion
When I read about Marina Abramović’s volunteer advertisement on the New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA) website last week, it got me thinking about how many arts nonprofits employ the law to their benefit, and many times against an ethical grain.