Art
Delusions of Grandeur: GCC at MoMA PS1 and the New Museum
What does it mean when the people hired to make a body of work relevant, as the magazine Bidoun was for the collective GCC, call it “quick and cute and perfectly timed”?
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A New Documentary for the Forger Who Infiltrated America's Art Museums
For three decades, Mark Landis quietly infiltrated art museums across the United States with donated forgeries, works he carefully copied himself from the whole of art history.
Performance
Laurie Anderson and Kronos Quartet Salvage Songs from Hurricane Sandy
Laurie Anderson was already working on a cycle of songs with Kronos Quartet when on October 29, 2012, Hurricane Sandy rose the Hudson River into her West Village home.
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The Autobiography of Mark Jan Krayenhoff van de Leur
GWANGJU, South Korea — I have never been to South Korea before. Jessica Morgan warned that it would be hot and sweaty and of course Gwangju was exactly that — tropical!
Art
Animating the Battles and Mythology of Greek Vases
Greek vases have some of the most lively of ancient art, and a duo called Panoply has been turning these vases into animations.
Art
Artists' Mannequins Through the Centuries
Gustave Courbet claimed to paint only “real and existing things,” yet an 1864 photograph of his studio suggests otherwise.
Art
A Banner for Baron Samedi in Sequins
The omnivorous nature of Haitian Vodou with its consumption of African, European, and American influences into one luscious spirituality has been vividly expressed in one of the culture's unique art forms: the Vodou flag.
Film
The Man and the Myth: Nick Cave's Memories
The myth-maker becomes the myth in 20,000 Days on Earth, a fun-house foray through memory, music, life, and creativity.
Art
Should the Buddhas of Bamiyan Rise Again in Afghanistan?
After a reconstruction effort covertly built what appeared to be the beginnings of giant feet, the rally is growing to resurrect the Buddhas of Bamiyan — demolished in 2001 by the Taliban.
In Brief
Red on Alert as EU Mulls Cadmium Ban
The European Union is considering a ban on the cadmium pigment in artists' paints.
Guide
Your Concise Guide to the NY Art Book Fair
Opening tonight at MoMA PS1, Printed Matter's much-loved New York Art Book Fair will present an international lineup of art-publishers and their associated projects.
Art
Ai Weiwei's Songs of Freedom on Alcatraz
SAN FRANCISCO — It’s a surprisingly clear morning as we exit the ferry to Alcatraz, but the former federal prison still looms like eerie, ancient ruins.