In Brief
Bahrain Tortures Award-Winning Photojournalist
Ammar Abdul-Rasool, a Bahraini photographer arrested in July, has been tortured during his continuing detention, the Bahrain Centre for Human Rights (BCHR) reported.
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Art
Recovering the History of Sound in Video Games
The sound of video games has transformed from something seemingly mechanical accenting action to incredibly elaborate acoustic landscapes setting the mood for play. To preserve this history, and show why it's worth exploring, a new documentary and archive project are underway.
Announcement
Calling All Brooklyn Artists: Apply for Level Hotel Brooklyn’s Lobby Art Commission
In partnership with the Brooklyn Arts Council, the Level Hotel Brooklyn welcomes online entry for the Lobby Art Commission.[http://engine.nectarads.com/p/eyJhdiI6NzA3NjYsImF0IjoyMCwiY20iOjE0MDQ1NSwiY2giOjE5MzAsImNyIjo0MTgzOTYsImRtIjo0LCJmYyI6NTA1MjU3LCJmbCI6MjU5NjY3LCJpcCI6IjU0LjgyLjIzOC4yMzciLCJudy
Comics
The Art of Posture
Contrary to what the fear-mongering propagandists in modern medicine would have you believe, it truly does not matter how you sit while doing art as long as you get as close to your work as you possibly can.
Art
ArtRx NYC
This week, New York is back in swing and for the next few weeks you will be inundated with more art events than you can imagine.
News
São Paulo Biennial Removes General Israeli Sponsorship
After registering objections from 61 participating artists that were supported by the entire curatorial delegation of its 31st São Paulo Biennial, the Fundaçao Bienal São Paulo has agreed to "clearly disassociate" Israeli funding from the general sponsorship of the exhibition.
News
Why You Can't Show Your Tattoos without Permission in Video Games
What are the intellectual property rights of tattoo artists? Video games that depict athletes are testing the limits.
Comics
Do Comics Matter?
Why am I doing this … ?
Opinion
Life Imitating Art: Grant Wood's Ice Bucket Challenge
Not sure if this ever raised money for charity.
Art
Philistine, or What Happens When You Break a Sculpture in a Gallery
"Sculpture is something you bump into when you back up to look at a painting," someone famously quipped once — maybe Ad Reinhardt or Barnett Newman.
Art
The Art Trophies from When the White House Went Up in Flames
The 200th anniversary of the burning of the White House passed without much hullabaloo last week, aside from the British Embassy in Washington, DC, having to apologize for their tweet that in questionable taste joked they'd only be lighting the President's home with sparklers on a cake this time.
Opinion
Required Reading
This week, war photography and pop culture, breaking up the major museums, Hello Kitty is not a cat, video game sexism, criminalizing science, and more.