Comics
What's the Difference Between Art and Porn?
This reminds me of an old joke … what's the difference between porn and art? Lighting.
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Art Movements
A new director for the Museum of Arts and Design, Renzo Piano named senator-for-life in Italy, goodbye to Toomer Labzda, an underground city found at Hadrian's Villa, and more...
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A View from the Easel
Artist studios in Brooklyn, Illinois, New Mexico, and Toronto.
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A Photographer Who Paints with Light
Jeremy "Tackyshack" Jackson's photography is a burst of silky color across a darkened universe.
Art
Eight Films to See This Fall
Some of the cinematic releases we are most looking forward to this fall.
Books
From Soviets to Scandal: Five Anticipated Art Historical Book Releases
Time to ditch those light beach reads and fill your brain with some art history. Here are five art history books we're anticipating for the fall, from the dawn of photography, to shady Soviet art fire-sales, to the art world's most scandalous murder in comic book form.
Art
Museum Websites From the Past Millennium
Browsing the early websites of major art museums makes for an entertaining exercise.
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The Rite of Autumn: Seven NYC Dance Events to Catch this Fall
When scheduling your fall NYC arts itinerary, don't leave out dance. There is a storm of movement coming from both the established companies and individuals with experimental ideas about what movement and the body can mean on stage.
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Halcyon Days for Heady Glass: Cue the Bong Renaissance
As marijuana inches toward (partial) legalization across the United States, the once-grubby world of glass pipemaking is seeing an artistic surge, with a number of artists crossing over from the subculture and into the mainstream of glass art.
Books
Was the Legendary Hanging Garden Not in Babylon at All?
Of all the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, the location of the Hanging Garden of Babylon remains the most elusive, even with its believed home right there in its name. However, new research suggests it wasn't in Babylon at all, but in another city over 300 miles away.
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Artists and Autocrats: A Love Story
Kanye West, seasoned rap man and unflappable artiste, recently played a $3 million gig for the son of Kazakhstan's dictator for life. Dennis Rodman is back in North Korea, for the second time this year, to pal around with unrepentant mass-murder Kim Jong-Un. Or, in Rodman's words: "I'm going to Nort
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A Preliminary Art Readers' Guide to the NYC Mayoral Race
After 12 long years filled with bike lanes and billion-dollar developments, the Bloomberg era is finally drawing to a close. Next Tuesday in the primaries, New Yorkers will take their first steps toward choosing a new mayor. Here's our guide to how the candidates measure up in terms of the arts.