News
This week saw the launch of 52 Weeks of Gulf Labor, a yearlong activist project coordinated by Gulflabor, a working group opposed to the treatment of laborers at Abu Dhabi's Saadiyat Island cultural mega-development.
News
Found-object sculptures that were on view in a government building in Morristown, New Jersey, have been removed, after the local sheriff decided that they were "possible weapons to be used against the public."
Art
The great thing about the outgrowth of exhibitions showcasing and examining emerging contemporary abstract painting is that the novelty is starting to wear off.
Opinion
When I read David Byrne’s recent Creative Time piece on how the 1% dominates the world, or strictly speaking, the art world, and more specifically, New York — the city we live in — it made me collect my experiences, thoughts, hopes, and projections and put them into a script.
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Opinion
Today's announcement on Banksy.co.uk points to a larger obstacle that Banksy will be facing going forward with his New York residency, the New York Police Department's draconian anti-graffiti policies.
News
In what's undoubtedly the worst "restoration" job we've read about since last year's Beast Jesus, a local company in the Chinese city of Chaoyang has destroyed a series of Qing Dynasty frescoes by painting an entirely new scene over them in garish colors.
Comics
Wait, is that another Banksy?
Art
MEMPHIS — Secreted in a cemetery in Memphis is a meditative work of 1930s folk art, a man-made cave created from five tons of quartz crystal and a unique process of turning concrete to wood.
Opinion
Hilary Faye, a Melbourne-based animator and artist, has been making a series of GIFs pulled from materials she's found online and animated through collage.
Art
Want to get to know New York City architecture better, from its 18th century past to modular present? Each day of October a city building is being featured, with a tour to take you into its design and history.
Art
A new website and online bartering post facilitates the sale and trade of used art supplies.
News
When the Filipino American Museum (FAM) opens its first show at Soho's Third Streaming on October 29, one of New York's largest Asian communities will formally attain a museum institution of their own.