Art
A Tale of Redemption Conserved on a Prison's Crumbling Walls
Eastern State Penitentiary in Philadelphia was designed to look like the most foreboding of fortresses on the outside, and a cathedral-like place of reflection on the inside.
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Interview
The Art of 3D Printing
CHICAGO — For artist Tom Burtonwood, the transition into 3D scanning and printing was as natural as popping food into a microwave rather than settling for cold leftovers.
Opinion
Smithsonian Brings Self-Taught Art to the Masses with James Castle
Using spit and soot, artist James Castle communicated with the world. Castle, who was deaf, spent his life in Idaho, using art as his main outlet; he never signed, spoke, or wrote in any direct way.
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Anarchy in the UK Art Market
All is not well in Albion, where the business of art is apparently getting ever more lugubrious.
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Black-Hooded Protesters Stage Anti-Guantanamo Action at National Museum of American History
On January 11, marking the 12th anniversary of the opening of the Guantanamo Bay detention camp, activists from the group Witness Against Torture commandeered the lobby of the National Museum of American History.
Comics
How Is An Artist's Eye Different?
Maybe art is a kind of superpower.
Art
10 Chicago Art Exhibitions to See This Winter
CHICAGO — There will be hundreds of exhibitions between now and the end of March, when the weather starts to warm up around these Middle West parts. Here's 10.
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Art Rx
This week, we're covering a lot of ground — from a symposium on the transformation of museums in the age of social media to an exhibition of new ceramic works by Lynda Benglis.
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70% of Ancient Tibetan Town Destroyed by Fire
Nearly 300 houses were destroyed in a major fire that destroyed about two thirds of Dukezong in Shangri-La county on Saturday, January 11. The 1,300-year-old city is a popular tourist destination in the southwest Yunnan province is renowned for its ancient Tibetan town of mostly wooden houses with c
Opinion
Instagram, Art, and Native American Narratives
On Twitter recently, #NotYourNarrative popped up, a series of hashtag statements largely from persons of color in the United States who wanted to challenge dominant media narratives.
Art
New Fellowship Aims to Diversify Museum Curatorial Ranks
The art world, as those of us who participate in it know quite well, is exceedingly white. The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation is taking a stab at that problem with a new fellowship that seeks to diversify the curatorial field, specifically at major art institutions around the county.
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Foundations Offer $330M to Help Save Detroit (and Its Art)
In an unprecedented move, nine local and national foundations have pledged $330 million to help the city of Detroit settle its bankruptcy, the Detroit Free Press reported.