Art
The Museum of Modern Art as Muse
If the howlings this week surrounding the fate of the American Folk Art Museum building are any indication, a low-stakes outrage has gripped the culture pages of virtually every newspaper and magazine in America.
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Opinion
Artkick, or Why Did the New York Times Write About This Terrible App?
Technology: it is revolutionizing the world around us. Today, self-motoring motorcars. Tomorrow, self-dirigible dirigibles. The telephone in your pocket and television in your home are at once jukebox, photo-booth, astrolabe, cinema, and library.
Performance
Miguel Gutierrez's "myendlesslove" at Abrons Arts Center
Miguel Gutierrez’s “myendlesslove” is, as its title suggests, about love — but not just love in a classic, romantic sense. That is there, but in 50 minutes, Gutierrez also touches on love making (aka sex), love of self, and love of youth. He pulls all these themes out of a multi-faceted, if somewhat
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In Aftermath of Tragic Accident, a Fundraiser for Family of SVA Art Prof Ron Baron
In the aftermath of a tragic Thanksgiving accident, a fundraiser is being held for the family of artist and longtime School of Visual Arts faculty member Ron Baron.
Opinion
Pussy Rioters Nominated for Art Award in Singapore (of All Places)
Ever since their release from prison, Pussy Riot members Maria Alekhina and Nadezhda Tolokonnikova have received a lot of fawning — and sometimes weird — press and attention. But the latest Pussy Riot story, from Bloomberg News, reaches new levels of sigh-inducing absurdity.
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Detroit Emergency Manager Continues Detroit Institute of Arts Shakedown
In a process that at this point is approaching farce, the Detroit Free Press is reporting that City of Detroit emergency manager Kevyn Orr demanded yesterday that the Detroit Institute of Arts (DIA) contribute to a city bankruptcy fund, despite the recent $680 million intervention on the DIA's behal
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Old Master Paintings Animated
This is what art looks like on drugs.
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Art Movements
Buyer of the Bacon triptych revealed, a new director for LA MOCA, record attendance for the British Museum, a tattoo history museum, and more from the week in art news.
Opinion
Waiting for Faith Wilding on the Internet
CHICAGO — It was the second wave of feminism. I wasn't alive yet, but I like to daydream about what it would have been like to attend those women's consciousness-raising meetings, female-centric spiritual get-togethers, heated strategic battles over how to win reproductive rights, and the space to e
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New Online Magazine Bridges the Divide Between Art and Science
It's no revelation that science and art have long been linked, the curiosity about the workings of the world aligned with artistic creativity. Recently, however, there seems to be more of a movement towards connecting the two worlds into a tighter community.
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Following Foundations' Lead, Michigan Governor Offers Money for Detroit
Michigan Governor Rick Snyder is proposing that the state contribute $350 million to help protect the Detroit Institute of Arts collection and Detroit's pension funds during the settlement of the city's bankruptcy, the Detroit News has reported.
Art
A Lost Constellation: The Great Printing Press in the Sky
While searching for Orion or the Great Dipper, it's easy to forget that these constellations are just the arbitrary imaginations of astronomers drawing with stars. While Ptolemy referred to mythology for the classic constellations, later stargazers turned to their own visual culture. Up in the heave