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Seven Artists, Writers, and Musicians Among 2014 MacArthur Fellows
Of this year's 21 recipients of the MacArthur Fellowship, better known as the 'genius grant,' seven come from the arts.
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Books
The Sacrificial Glory of the Soviet Space Dogs
As companions in our centuries of wandering and settling, dogs have given their loyalty blindly, in both good and bad, as sacrifices to animal testing, as scouts to survivors on battlefields, as guardians to sleep by the door at night.
Art
Two Weeks Into Performance, Columbia Student Discusses the Weight of Her Mattress
Last Friday afternoon, nearly 100 students rallied at Columbia University to protest the school's policy on sexual assault. They held signs, wore red tape over their mouths, and brought mattresses — almost a dozen, some of which had messages written on them in red tape.
Interview
Meeting the Artists Along the US–Mexico Border
For the past six years, German photographer Stefan Falke has been traveling the 2,000-mile-long border between the US and Mexico, meeting local artists and taking their pictures.
In Brief
Prehistoric Australian Rock Art in Danger of Serious Deterioration
Australia's Aboriginal cave art is at risk of disappearance within 50 years, according to an expert quoted in the Guardian's recent investigation of the the threats facing the prehistoric art.
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Museums Should Institute No-Photo Hour, British Arts Executive Suggests
One month after the big news that London's National Gallery now allows visitors to take photographs, the head of Arts Council England has proposed that museums institute a special hour every day when picture-taking is banned.
Announcement
New Low-Residency MFA at Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (PAFA)
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In Brief
Prada Marfa Saved from Possible Closure as Illegal Advertisement
The Texas Department of Transportation has withdrawn its charge of illegal advertising against Prada Marfa, arts organization Ballroom Marfa announced in a public statement.
Interview
An Encyclopedia of Kitsch
LOS ANGELES — It took a while for me to actually sit down and stop flipping through the channels and start leafing through Sara Cwynar’s gorgeous book, The Kitsch Encyclopedia.
Art
ArtRx LA
LOS ANGELES — Just because the insanity of the start of the season is over, doesn't mean there's not a lot to see out there.
Art
Library of Congress Photographs Mapped into an Interactive Atlas of the Great Depression
The Library of Congress has an incredible digitized archive of Depression-era photographs, taken between 1935 and 1945 on behalf of the United States Farm Security Administration and Office of War Information.
Art
Picturing Russia's Central Asian Diaspora
Travel to Russia these days, and chances are the person serving you your food is a visitor to the country, too. Every year, 5-6 million Uzbek, Tadjik and Kyrgyz people arrive in the country to work in restaurants, construction sites, farms and manufacturing plants. They are maids, taxi drivers, stre