News
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
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.
Art
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
Art
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.
Art
OAKLAND, California — Nobody knows where Genghis Khan's body is, but there's plenty of evidence of his DNA. A staggering report noted that some 16 million people can thank the Khan for their heritage. That's roughly 1 in 200 men in the world.
Art
If you've ever visited Governors Island, there's a good chance you've been charmed by it. Only eight minutes by ferry from Manhattan and three from Brooklyn, the island feels like a world apart from the rest of New York City, with its old military buildings and green landscape. It's also the home to
Opinion
The Art Newspaper is reporting that the Louvre has launched a €1 million crowdfunding campaign to pay for the conservation of its "Winged Victory of Samothrace," a 2nd-century BCE sculpture of Nike.
Interview
Zhenhan Hao's "Imitation" project turns the tables on Chinese artisans who normally create endless copies of art and crafts for global consumers.
Opinion
Yesterday, Curbed NY posted a nifty map of 15 buildings in Manhattan that were originally built for artists. Ranging from projects with outside funding to artists' cooperatives, the 15 structures mostly dot Midtown and the Upper East and West Sides, with a few outliers in the West Village. It's fun
Art
PORTLAND, Ore. — A label like psychedelic sculpture, for what it's worth, does justice to the gnarly stalactites and unorthodox mineral deposits of the Oregon Caves National Monument. Seriously, it's like walking through a three dimensional Grateful Dead album cover.
Opinion
Chew on this … the Nigerian film industry, aka "Nollywood," overtook Hollywood in 2009 in terms of the number of films produced, and it is outdone only by Bollywood.
Art
LONDON — In a time of acute upheaval, there is something comforting about the concurrent retrospectives currently on view at the Tate Modern for two seminal Arab modernists, Saloua Raouda Choucair and Ibrahim El-Salahi.