Art
Debuts Distinguish BAMcinemaFest 2014
Opening tonight with the New York premiere of Boyhood, Richard Linklater's highly anticipated coming-of-age tale, the sixth incarnation of BAMcinemaFest finds the festival itself approaching maturity.
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As World Cup Takes Spotlight, Brazilian Police Attack Artists and Activists [UPDATED]
Yesterday, the soccer team of World Cup host Brazil played, and tied with, Mexico. But on the same day that Brazilian players were proudly representing their country on the field in the northern city of Fortaleza, some 450 miles south, military police attacked nonviolent protestors in Recife, the co
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UNESCO Issues Caution on Iraq World Heritage Sites
The United Nations issued a warning yesterday on possible danger to Iraqi cultural heritage sites as the insurgent army of the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS) continued its southward sweep of the country towards Baghdad.
Art
ArtRx LA
In our inaugural LA listings this week: the city's exhibition openings and other festivities spill out of museums and galleries into the streets, churches, rooftops, and beyond. Here's your guide to seven ways to get your art fix.
Art
Researchers Say the Design of Our Brains Is Ideal for Art
A recent analysis in the growing concentration on neuroaesthetics, a field that examines the brain's relationship to art, suggests our minds are particularly organized to respond to visual art.
Art
Sculpting the Thingness of Light
LOS ANGELES — For Helen Pashgian, art exists at the intersection of the material and immaterial. Her use of industrial materials, such as acrylic, epoxy, resin, and metal, combined with complex fabrication processes serve to make the presence of light a substance unto itself.
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The Art Guide to Reddit
Navigating the innumerable conversations on Reddit may seem overwhelming, especially if you're exploring a topic as broad as art, but the key to uncovering gems lies in finding the subreddits that inform, intrigue, or amuse you the most.
Opinion
Reactions to Ryan Wong's Joe Scanlan 'Bombshell'
The reaction to Ryan Wong's satirical take on Joe Scanlan's Donelle Woolford project have been intense. Let's take a look.
In Brief
Photographer Annie Leibovitz Bailed on the Kimye Wedding
According to Kanye West, acclaimed photographer Annie Leibovitz is "like, scared of the idea of celebrity."
News
Phillips Collection Finds Unknown Portrait Beneath a Picasso Painting
The Phillips Collection has discovered an earlier painting by Picasso underneath a 1901 work by the artist, BBC News reported.
Announcement
ArtVetting Showcases Artists Looking for Critical Feedback; Round 14 Features Guest Reviewer Isaac Lyles from Derek Eller Gallery
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Growing Up in the Shadow of the Art World
In 1972, at the age of fourteen, Gabrielle Selz was attending a party following the third wedding of her father, the art historian and UC Berkeley professor Peter Selz, when a naked woman she had never seen before climbed into Selz’s lap and began to roll a joint. As she did so, other wedding guests