Art
An independent theater in Chicago is adapting Henry Darger's life into a play. The effort, currently accepting funds on Indiegogo, aims to draw attention to the life of the prolific outsider artist and creator of the illustrated tale of the "Vivian Girls," a man whose own story has thus far been rel
Art
Ironically, Leslie Hewitt’s Monday night lecture on Carl Andre, which examined ways of escaping the hegemony of art and political history, was protested by those who opposed Carl Andre’s place within that history.
News
Several concerned parties, including the Save the Corcoran advocacy group, have filed legal briefs seeking to block the Corcoran Gallery of Art's planned integration with the National Gallery, Washington City Paper reported.
Books
Given just the right optical conditions, a mountain can appear to hover above the Earth. Photographer Mike Osborne sought to capture that effect, and other fascinations of the landscape of the Great Basin Desert between Utah and Nevada, where the real world becomes alien.
Comics
We don't have a ton of connections to the Revolutionary War in this part of the Catskills, but we do have a dead German.
Art
As if his museum-filling Whitney retrospective weren’t enough, Jeff Koons currently has a massive sculpture on view at Rockefeller Center. “Split-Rocker” is comprised of two halves, one the recreated head of a toy pony rocker, the other the head of a toy dinosaur rocker.
Interview
LONDON — In a 21st-century take on the artist and his model, Frances Stark has performed a gender swap and had her wicked way with up to ten male muses.
Art
In recent years, more and more artists have found their way to the Arctic Circle, a landscape that inspires no shortage of fascinating work. But what is it really like to work in subzero temperatures, in a place where you might be sharing an outdoor studio with a reindeer, polar bear, or even a belu
Books
In the same tradition as birdwatching manuals, a recently published book is targeted at turning even the most oblivious of urban wanderers into typography spotters.
In Brief
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio and Schools Chancellor Carmen Fariña announced on Tuesday their plan to put $23 million toward hiring 120 new arts teachers and boosting arts resources in public schools across the city.
In Brief
It turns out the baby the Nazis chose as the ultimate representation of the Aryan race was Jewish.
Art
The Los Angeles arts scene is greeting July with a guided art walk, a documentary, and some live performances — including one by Emily Mast.