Art
Kissing for Art's Sake
In Jedediah Johnson’s photo series The Makeout Project, he deconstructs the kiss into the essentials of the act itself.
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A Zoo Where Animals Run Free and Humans Are Confined
Imagine a zoo where animals are free to roam while humans quietly observe. Danish architects BIG (Bjarke Ingels Group) set out to make this a reality with their plan for redesigning Zootopia, a zoo in the city of Givskud.
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Artifacts of a Patriarchy that Was and Wasn’t
LOS ANGELES — The Paternal Suit: Heirlooms from the F. Scott Hess Family Foundation, on view at the Long Beach Museum of Art, is an exhibition that examines the imperfect influence of patriarchs and fathers on American history and American families.
Opinion
"Liberals Are Killing Art," or Critic Jed Perl Gets Emotional
Jed Perl, a savvy polemicist far above fatuous windbag trolling, is mad as hell. Why? Because "Liberals Are Killing Art," according to the headline accompanying the art critic's latest for The New Republic.
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Cai Guo-Qiang Turns Tortoises into Art, Raising Animal-Rights Concerns [UPDATED]
The new Shigeru Ban–designed Aspen Art Museum will open with a 24-hour event this Saturday, but not everyone in town is happy.
Art
How to Compose a Song for 1,000 Years
In composing a song to play for 1,000 years, the variables of technology, societal upheaval, and public understanding cannot be overlooked.
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Artist's 100-Year Project Will Grow Books from Saplings
It takes a certain measure of both hubris and selflessness to create an artwork that won't be completed until long after your death. Scottish artist Katie Paterson's "Future Library" begins this year and will come to fruition in 100.
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A House for Holograms on Governors Island
For the summer the Center for the Holographic Arts, that organization dedicated to mindbending 3D art, has a new home on Governors Island in one of the yellow houses that line leafy Nolan Park.
Art
Kitsch, Myth, and Technology: Japanese Art in the West
Art scholar Michio Hayashi theorized that the popular perception of “Japaneseness” in the West was cemented in the 1980s by triangulating “kitsch hybridity,” “primordial nature,” and “technological sophistication.”
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ArtRx LA: Summer Day Trips
This week, we're all about summer day getaways. That perfect trip that will change your perspective and mood, while exposing you to something out of the ordinary.
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Boston's Museum of Fine Arts Increasingly Reliant on Fee-Generating Loans
Boston's Museum of Fine Arts (MFA) is increasingly turning to lending out marquee artworks in their collection for profit, according to the Boston Globe.
News
Construction Workers Uncover Important Ancient Greek Wine Cup
Traditionally known as the "first citizen of Athens," Pericles was a lover of art and literature, and a driving force behind the Parthenon's construction. Now, archeologists in the modern Greek capital claim to have discovered the statesman's wine cup, according to the Greek newspaper Ta Nea.