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Your Concise Guide to the 2014 Bushwick Open Studios
This is it. The city's biggest annual open studios event, Bushwick Open Studios (BOS), is set to happen this coming weekend, and it would be easy to get lost in the chaos of it all except we're here to help!
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The Guile of Wols and Charline von Heyl
WALTHAM, Mass. — At the Rose Art Museum at Brandeis University, the art historian Katy Siegel has curated an exhibition titled The Matter that Surrounds Us, a group show of Wols and Charline von Heyl.
Art
Listening Deeply to the 2014 Whitney Biennial
The 2014 Whitney Biennial came to a close this past weekend, ending with a performance by esteemed artist and musician Pauline Oliveros. The performance resonated with one of the more striking, if overlooked, curatorial themes of the show: sound in the museum.
News
Alumni and Students File Suit Against Cooper Union Over "Mismanaged" Endowment
Five alumni and admitted students have filed suit against Cooper Union's board of trustees, alleging that their behavior leading up to the historic end of free tuition violated duties prescribed by the school's charter, the Wall Street Journal reported.
Interview
8th Berlin Biennale Curator on Berlin, Contemporary Art, and Gentrification
BERLIN — Juan A. Gaitán is a typical hyphenated global art professional. The Canadian-Colombian independent writer and curator is based in Mexico City and Berlin, and he was chosen to curate the 8th Berlin Biennale for Contemporary Art, which opens today.
News
Utopia, Branded: Hotel Chelsea Becomes a Chain
You might say it was bound to happen. And perhaps it was. But now it has happened: the legendary Hotel Chelsea has become a brand. Capitalism spares none.
Opinion
Maya Angelou's Last Tweet
This morning, the sad news of poet, writer, and scholar Maya Angelou's death has been circulating online.
Art
A World History in Skin, Needles, and Ink
PARIS — As the world map that leads the new tattooing exhibition at the Musée du Quai Branly in Paris plots out, the art of skin alteration has roots in every continent, from the Iroquois in North America to the Samoans in the South Pacific.
Art
The Politics of Architecture in Nicaragua
In March, I wrote about Nicaraguan First Lady Rosario Murillo’s massive construction of public art projects as symbols of state power, into which the government has funneled millions of dollars. Now, in a bizarre twist, the state has destroyed the most iconic of these structures, the Concha Acustica
News
East Harlem Subsidized Artist Housing Opens for Applications
A former public school on 99th Street in Harlem redeveloped into artist housing under the auspices of El Barrio's Operation Fight Back has recently begun accepting tenant applications.
Art
Mapping a Museum's Collection with Memory
SAN FRANCISCO — "The rhino looks like it has a terrible skin disease," said Jay Xu, director of the Asian Art Museum (AAM), discussing a rhino vessel in the museum's collection as part of a project by artist duo Hughen/Starkweather (Amanda Hughen and Jennifer Starkweather).