Comics
Catskill Cannibals
We haven't gone all Donner Party this winter in the Catskills.
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Art
Posthumous Prognosis for Supposedly Syphilitic Gauguin, via His Teeth
It's long been believed that painter Paul Gauguin was wrecked by syphilis when he died in the Marquesas Islands in 1903, but thanks to some old teeth thrown down a well, he may posthumously be given a cleaner bill of health.
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Garis & Hahn Presents Zefrey Throwell's "Dream Battles"
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Authorities Uncover Stolen Ancient Roman Sarcophagus Lid in New York
The United States Attorney for the Eastern District of New York, Loretta E. Lynch, has filed a complaint for the forfeiture of an ancient Roman marble sarcophagus lid featuring a sculpture of a sleeping woman on a couch. The lid was found in a storage facility in Queens and is believed to have been
Art
Zaha Hadid Is an Awful Human Being, Says "Not My Duty" to Prevent Migrant Worker Deaths
Starchitect Zaha Hadid's statement this week to a British newspaper suggests that she is severely lacking in the conscience department.
Art
Katherine Bernhardt's Junk-Food Moshpit
Bernhardt has always been impressive for her ability to combine the immediate, seductive properties of paint with the infectious humor of topical pop culture.
Art
Ugandans Fight to Save the Miniskirt
Last week, Ugandan officials passed the 2011 Anti-Pornography Bill. Ugandans on Twitter (#UOT) were quick to join the fray with memes and a hashtag.
Community
A View from the Easel
CHICAGO — Artist studios in Illinois, Florida, Pennsylvania, and Georgia.
Opinion
George W. Bush's Aristocratic "Art"
Presidents have painted before, but that doesn't make this denunciation any less earned. Bush's diplomacy was bloody, criminal, and disastrous; his "personal diplomacy" is of the same murderous hand.
Opinion
Live Girls Looking for Fun
LOS ANGELES — Shopping is a mundane, ecstatic experience. Enter any mall that’s filled with sparkly goods and products and suddenly we feel like ourselves but amplified.
News
Congressmen Propose National Resale Royalty Act for Artists
US Senators Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) and Ed Markey (D-MA) and Representative Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) have introduced a bill that would give visual artists royalties on the resale of their work, or droit de suite, Congress announced this afternoon.
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Five Artists Officially Withdraw from Sydney Biennale
Five artists have announced their withdrawal from the Biennale of Sydney, ArtsHub reported today, the latest in an ongoing controversy over one of the Biennale's major sponsors, Transfield.