Comics
The Story of a Brooklyn Artist Who Moved to the Catskills
Editor's Note: We're pleased to introduce our newest comic contributor, Steven Weinberg, a former Brooklyn artist who has moved to the Catskills. This will be a continuing series.
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News
Christie's Detroit Institute of Arts Appraisal Released
The indefatigable Detroit Free Press once again has the scoop on the latest developments at the Detroit Institute of Arts, and this time it's the release of Christie's appraisal of the museum's collection.
Opinion
5 Ephemeral Internet Pages That Wink at Ubiquitous Popular Culture Figures and Tropes in a Way That Will Surely Amuse You and For a Moment Alleviate Your Crushing Alienation
If the title doesn't tell you everything you need to know about this post … well, then we can't help you …
Art
The Year of Rain and Cronuts
The New York art world was thrown a free joke when, over the summer, people waited in the rain to get into the Museum of Modern Art's Rain Room, a project by the studio Random International. The line was a capstone to a year of big projects with big draws, one more peak in a now-familiar rhythm: eve
Opinion
China Has Almost 4,000 Museums
We've been reading about the boom in Chinese museum building for years now, and this week The Economist joins the slew of Western outlets that have reported on the craze. The piece offers an update on the situation, including a look at the latest numbers.
Art
Digitizing a Beloved Egyptian Scholar's Archive
Ahmed Zaky Abushady was a polymath in the Victorian mold, a preeminent Egyptian literary figure, bee scientist, inventor, and physician who found pathways between modes of thought and scholarship long before "interdisciplinary" became an academic catchall.
Art
The Man Who Ran Away With the Moon
In Russia in 2003, a man fell in love with the moon. Or that's the story artist Leonid Tishkov presents in his Private Moon series, where he journeys around the Earth with his cosmic companion: a radiant, six-foot-tall crescent moon.
Opinion
Art, Tech, and Gentrification in San Francisco
SAN FRANCISCO — As fleets of shuttle buses take employees to their respective Silicon Valley campuses, resentment and tension grows in the Bay Area. Last week, protesters blocked one such Google bus in an effort to draw attention to the widening gap between the technology industry and the communitie
Art
A Look Inside Miami's New Art Museum
MIAMI — On opening night, I dutifully parked my car in the Omni parking lot as instructed and got inside the double-decker bus that would take me five or so blocks to the Pérez Art Museum Miami (PAMM). That ride on the top deck took nearly twenty minutes. We drove up the long driveway, past half-fin
Interview
The People Behind Your Images of Luxury
In the artist's own words, Happy Hills documents the "predominantly Hispanic workforce who work tirelessly behind the scenes to maintain the beautiful imagery of these affluent areas." His interruptions of the glossy images feel effortless, transforming pictures we overlook but are influenced by eve
Art
Top 5 Chicago Art Shows of 2013
CHICAGO — Thick snowflakes drift from the gray sky above, the energy-sapping inflatable Christmas decorations are in a constant state of blowing across front lawns citywide, and even my parents' German Shepherd needs a sweater. It must be that time of year again, when the last of this season's art e
News
NY Court Ruling Allows Auction Sellers to Remain Anonymous
The New York Court of Appeals has ruled in the case of Jenack v. Rabidazeh, reversing a lower court's decision and allowing sellers of objects at auction to remain anonymous.