Art
Unsettling Psychic Photography from the 1930s
On May 15, 1934, a man named Mr. C.P. MacCarthy of Sheffield sent a letter confirming a meeting where he would "demonstrate under test conditions Fake Psychic Photography."
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Photographer Returns Prize Money Over Editorial Pressure
Iranian photographer and journalist Newsha Tavakolian has returned a €50,000 prize (~$64,600) after the patron behind the award allegedly placed editorial pressure on her work, the New York Times' Lens photography blog reported.
Art
Dancing Among the Dead
“If you want to survive the 19th century,” Allison Meier wryly observed, “don't get on a boat or go to the theater.” Meier, who has been giving tours of cemeteries in New York City since 2011 (and is a Hyperallergic staff writer), held aloft a lantern illuminating the granite obelisk marking the mas
Interview
Artists Pick Artists: Tom Chamberlain
All paintings have their own speed — in execution and in what it takes to read them. Tom Chamberlain makes work that is durational in both its formation (or erasure) and in the time required to witness its self-disclosure.
In Brief
This Richard Prince–Inspired T-Shirt Hates Copyright
Nothing quite says "fuck you" to copyright like a Mickey Mouse–meets–Richard Prince T-shirt.
Art
Sculpting a Nordic Landscape
BODØ, Norway — Artscape Nordland (Skulpturlandskap Nordland), an opus of site-specific sculpture in northern Norway, includes 35 works scattered throughout Nordland county (and one in Troms), made by international artists hailing from 18 countries.
Books
Curious Visual Guides to Victorian Pseudoscience
What if all your woes could be healed by some good thinking? Back in the 19th century, mesmerism was all the rage, merging nicely with the DIY Victorian parlor entertainment and hefty dose of quack medicine making the rounds — from questionable experiments in electricity to phrenology.
Comics
Nature's Performance Art
For the past month we've had a resident broad-winged hawk.
Opinion
Net Neutrality Is Crucial for Artists and Arts Organizations
When the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) closed its public comment period on the issue of net neutrality earlier this week, the agency counted more than 3 million comments, the greatest volume of such input in its history.
Performance
Machismo Ain't Just for Boys Anymore
PORTLAND, Oregon — "Macho doesn't prove mucho," socialite and actress Zsa Zsa Gabor once punned.
News
Abu Dhabi Announces Luxury Condo Development Adjacent to Guggenheim Outpost
Abu Dhabi's Tourism Development & Investment Company (TDIC) has unveiled the first residential project on Saadiyat Island, the "cultural district" home to the Guggenheim Abu Dhabi, Louvre Abu Dhabi, and New York University (NYU) Abu Dhabi.