Opinion
Weekend Words: Cell
The Supreme Court has ruled 9-0 that your cell shouldn't land you in a cell.
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Art
Jon Imber: Tangled Up in Hues
ROCKPORT, Maine — It’s a late, sunny Wednesday afternoon in mid-June at the Center for Maine Contemporary Art (CMCA) and, aside from a docent at the front desk, I have the whole Jon Imber: Force of Nature show to myself.
Art
Postscript to the Whitney Biennial: An Asian-American Perspective
Now that the Whitney Biennial is finally over, did anyone notice that Patty Chang, Nikki S. Lee, and Laurel Nakadate weren’t included, just to mention three mid-career, Asian-American women artists who were conspicuously absent?
Art
In 'Self-Taught Genius,' a History of Label-Teasing Art Forms
In 1964, Supreme Court Justice Potter Stewart famously noted, with regard to what exactly constituted “obscenity,” “I know it when I see it.” Similarly, among some art historians, collectors and other experts, just what can or should be considered “folk art” often has been a subject of criteria-ques
Music
Fagen's Critical Catalogue (June 2014, Part 2)
In part 2 of this month, reviews of First Aid Kit, EMA, How to Dress Well, and Jack White.
Art
Have a Nice Day: Jeff Koons and the End of Art
Gleaming in the ghost-light of fluorescent tubes, the vitrine-encased vacuum cleaners that open the Whitney Museum’s Jeff Koons retrospective are nothing short of spectacular. The rest of the work, however, with few exceptions, reveals itself to be as thin, puerile and derivative as the artist’s har
Art
A Double Rainbow for Pride at a Brooklyn Hotel
Just in time for this weekend's NYC Pride celebration, which culminates in the annual Pride Parade on Sunday, two gay pop-cultural icons have appeared in the lobby of the Wythe Hotel in Williamsburg.
Books
The Lost Beauty of Book Endpapers
Bookbinding developed gradually, with the availability of materials and prevailing tastes dictating the details. One of the more overlooked aspects of book design was the creation of endpapers, when what was long a blank space or slice of vellum was replaced by exuberant patterns.
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News
Artist Offers Cage Stay on Airbnb [UPDATED]
You can rent all types of living accommodations on Airbnb: private rooms, shared apartments, floors in houses ... and now, a cage. Courtesy of artist Miao Jiaxin.
Art
Armando Mariño's Winter Thaw
If Armando Mariño's earlier art looked at the outside world with a critical postcolonial eye, his recent paintings probe visceral states of being tinted by melancholy and framed by a directness that feels intimate.
Performance
A Dance of Digital Shadows
Technologies that didn't exist 10 years are opening up fresh possibilities for choreographers and their collaborators. Interactive designer Matt Romein's recent collaborative presentation with choreographer Sophie Sotsky harnessed new developments in motion-capture technology, video programming lang
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Art Movements
Detroit "grand bargain" signed into law, UNESCO names 26 new World Heritage sites, Chicago gets architecture biennial, Brooklyn Museum appoints first female board chair, and more from the week in art news.