Art
'The Big Chill,' Thirty Years After the Fact
Sure, there are some things about the movie I don’t like. For instance, there’s that scene where Richard, Karen’s square of a husband, is apparently eating a mayonnaise sandwich.
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Opinion
Hedge Fund Manager Wants Sotheby's to Start Betting on Art
Dan Loeb, an activist investor and erstwhile Jeff Koons egg-haver, today fired off an apoplectic screed to Sotheby's on behalf of Third Point LLC, his $14 billion hedge fund.
Opinion
Where Plastic Flows: Visualizing Environmental Data
OAKLAND, Calif. — There's the old thought experiment in the days before social media and mobile phones: if you could send a message in a bottle, where would it end up?
Art
SITE:Lab Raises the Bar for ArtPrize
GRAND RAPIDS, Michigan — In a smaller city like Grand Rapids, where the cost of living is far lower than American art centers like New York, Chicago, and Los Angeles, there can be more curatorial opportunities — if one plays their cards right.
Performance
The Agony and the Ecstasy of Anna Nicole Smith
The quick burn of celebrity has rarely been as spectacular as in the rise and fall of Anna Nicole Smith. "She blazed like a comet, as in a shiny thing in the skies, that hangs around a bit, then suddenly dies, " as the chorus of newscasters intones in the Anna Nicole opera that just ended its raunch
News
Another Day, Another #BanksyNY: First Piece Buffed, Audio Guide Down
The new day brought with it a second Banksy, but now the amusing audio guide hotline appears to be down, and overnight the first piece went through a graffiti metamorphosis of its own.
Comics
For Those Who Think They Can Do It All …
Just.One.More.Gallery.
News
Emergency Red List of Syrian Cultural Objects at Risk Released
At an event last week at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the International Council of Museums (ICOM) officially released The Emergency Red List of Syrian Cultural Objects at Risk, which outlines the categories of cultural goods most vulnerable to illicit trade during the Syrian war.
Art
At ArtPrize, What the F is "Art"?
GRAND RAPIDS, Michigan — Grand Rapids is a two hour drive due west of the state’s bankruptcy carnival that is Detroit, the hometown of President Gerald R. Ford, and the first city in the U.S. to add fluoride to its drinking water. It is an easy-to-visit city located on the banks of the Grand River w
Performance
Massive Attack V Adam Curtis: A Missed Opportunity for Confrontation on Park Avenue
Staging a rock-driven video spectacle criticizing wealth and politics might seem like a confrontational thing to do on Park Avenue in Manhattan, where money clusters like stars orbiting a black hole.
News
Banksy Surfaces in New York With New Work, Playful Telephone Hotline
Celebrated career criminal Banksy has apparently begun a monthlong residency in New York City as part of an exhibition his website is calling Better Out Than In, "an entire show on the streets of New York."
News
Curtains Fall on New York City Opera After 70 Years
After 70 years of soaring voices and outsized emotions, the New York City Opera is readying itself for closure following bankruptcy proceedings, ending weeks of speculation about its fate.