Interview
Wafaa Bilal's War of Images
Wafaa Bilal asks us to bear witness, examine, and understand recent history. He places himself in his art to raise awareness and alter our perceptions.
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Opinion
Probing the Dark (and Silly) Side of Old and Modern Masters
After yesterday's Renaissance GIFs post, which featured the work of James Kerr, our readers alerted us to two other curious projects that remix Old Master paintings.
News
Conceptual Artist On Kawara Dead at 81
David Zwirner gallery has confirmed Japanese conceptual artist On Kawara has passed away.
Art
A Strange Scene of Star Cats and Astronomy
From a new space in Dumbo's 111 Front Street building, Stephen Romano Gallery is offering a unique mix of art that's contemporary, historic, and unapologetically strange. The second exhibition, Mysterium Cosmographicum, takes the cosmos as its theme, from the mysteries of outer space to the divine i
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French Museum Collections in Trouble
A government audit of 1,218 French museums has revealed that some 80% do not know the full contents of their collections, with many collections facing further serious hazards, Libération reported.
Art
Learning Omaha: A City by Way of Art (Part 1)
OMAHA — Fourth of July, 2014. I am in America’s heartland and trying not to get romantic about it.
Art
Meet the Ladies of the West Hamilton Koons Club
The Koons club, which Amelia and Marilyn co-founded three and a half years ago, currently has 21 members — all women — who meet on the first Thursday of each month in the Founder’s Hall of the West Hamilton United Methodist Church to discuss and celebrate the life and art of Jeff Koons.
Comics
When Is a Painting "Ready"?
Of course crits in college proved no one had any fucking idea.
Community
A View from the Easel
Artist studios in Sweden, Israel, New York, Rhode Island, and Ohio.
Art
The First 100 Years of Camera Advertising
Ever since the invention of photography, we've been deeply fascinated by cameras and the images they produce.
Opinion
The CIA and the Power of Words
Like any proper organization that produces large quantities of writing, the CIA, it turns out, has a style manual. It is an absurdly thorough, mundane yet fascinating look at the politics of language.
Art
Remixing the Renaissance as GIFs
By now it's become a familiar trope: Photoshop or GIF something historical, say, Old Masters or old photographs. But just because it's been done doesn't mean it's been done best. And the elaborate GIFs that James Kerr makes from early Northern Renaissance paintings are a hilariously new take on the