News
Bookseller McNally Jackson Opens Art Store
McNally Jackson, one of New York City's marquee independent bookstores, is venturing into art with a new shop devoted to prints, editions, posters, art and artists' books.
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Books
A Fashion Mag with Beauty and Brains
There will always be fashion magazines that instruct readers which silk faille caftan is appropriate for lounging on a yacht over Memorial Day weekend, but what about one that traces the sartorial origins of the safety pin as an accessory?
Opinion
Online Game Lets You Smash Ai Weiwei Vases
Remember when a local artist smashed one of Ai Weiwei's painted Han Dynasty urns in protest at the Pérez Art Museum Miami (PAMM) in February? Well, now, thanks to an online game called "Ai Weiwei Whoops!," anyone can be a vase dropper!
News
Morgan Library Puts Hundreds of Rembrandt Etchings Online
The Morgan Library & Museum announced today that it has completed the digitization of its entire collection of Rembrandt etchings.
Interview
Shifting Silhouettes in Oak Park
CHICAGO — At Terrain Exhibitions, an artist-run space in Oak Park, Illinois, artist Karen Azarnia has created an installation consisting of a suite of banners that appear in varying light situations on the front porch of a suburban home.
Art
Using Google Street View to Counter Mexico's Police Violence
The Google Street View photos of Mexican police and army forces gathered on “100 mts” are raw and menacing.
Art
Adrian Piper Binds Us with Impossible Trust
The Probable Trust Registry, a new work by Adrian Piper, is not an exhibit so much as an agreement.
Art
Art Basel Hong Kong on the Verge (Part 2)
HONG KONG — More than US$1 billion of art was for sale at Art Basel Hong Kong, according to insurer AXA ART. But the fair managed to look beyond sales, and also displayed a number of serious counterweights to the frenzied acquisitive impulse.
Art
Still Gaga for Dada, 100 Years Later
Dada: It was the mother of all revolutionary art movements, shocking in the almost mystical nihilism and concomitant absurdity that it expounded. Anti-aesthetic, anti-rational, anti-idealistic, anti-establishment, anti-literary … anti-everything it seemed!
Opinion
Dancing with Drones
Eleven Play is a Japanese dance group that incorporates advanced technologies directly into their practice.
Art
Securing a Place in History for a Forgotten Female Painter
PHILADELPHIA — Located in the Woodmere Art Museum in Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia, Quita Brodhead: Bold Strokes shines a welcome light on a painter who displayed a level of ingenuity and skill in a range of styles, one who strangely has little name recognition in the United States today.
Giveaways
Win a VIP Ticket to Wagmag's 2014 Brooklyn Art Benefit
Any Brooklyn art lover is probably familiar with Wagmag, the helpful guide to the borough's art spaces, and now it's time to show them your support during their annual benefit this Tuesday, May 27, 2014 from 7–9pm at Kunsthalle Galapagos (16 Main Street, Dumbo, Brooklyn)