Opinion
For better or for worse, visual art seems to be having a populist moment. On the "better" side of that situation is the fact that more people are taking the time to think about and engage with art; on the "worse" side is that for a number of those people, engaging with art means using it as a backdr
In Brief
A Turkish biennial close to the Syrian border has been postponed due to the Islamic State's ongoing assault on the nearby town of Kobani, The Art Newspaper (TAN) reported.
Art
LONDON — While one Helly Nahmad sits in a bare concrete prison cell in upstate New York, another Helly Nahmad strides around his lavish Frieze Masters booth in London’s chi-chi Regent’s Park. I don’t know how captivity is suiting the former, but freedom isn’t doing that much for the latter.
Art
The two oldest known and unopened time capsules were unsealed last week, one in New York and the other in Boston.
Art
Fifteen years ago, photographer Julie Blackmon was exploring the basement of her Springfield, Missouri, home when she discovered an old dark room.
Art
"Is it about, that the guards matter? Or is it about the matter of the guards … And we thought it's basically about both those things."
Poetry
Our poetry editor, Joe Pan, has selected three poems by Sandra Simonds for his series that brings original poetry to the screens of Hyperallergic readers.
Art
SANTA FE — Unsettled Landscapes, the first installment of SITElines, SITE Santa Fe's reimagined model for how biennials are conceived, curated, and structured, is a conglomeration of art from the Americas.
Art
This year, Art in Odd Places (AiOP) considered value, public space, and freedom along 14th Street, from the Avenue C Con Edison station to the High Line, even dipping into the Hudson River.
Art
LOS ANGELES — We've got a drag-sational triple-header, a panel discussion about computers taking over, a border-crossing haunted art house, and a bunch of great female artists to make up for it.
In Brief
Last month, archeologists uncovered two oversize marble caryatids and a colorful marble panel in a substantial tomb complex in Amphipolis, Greece. Now, after excavating behind the sealing wall that the caryatids were guarding, they've found a chamber with a large and largely intact mosaic floor.
In Brief
Bloomberg Philanthropies, the foundation established by former New York mayor Michael Bloomberg, announced yesterday an initiative that will see at least three cities receive up to one million dollars for public art programs.