Books
The City University of New York’s Feminist Press has announced that they will publish an e-book on the Russian punk protest band and performance art troupe Pussy Riot entitled “Pussy Riot! A Punk Prayer for Freedom.”
Opinion
New York billionaire Ron Perelman is filing for "divorce" from his art mentor/dealer Larry Gagosian and the two A-listers are battling over three art works worth over $25 million.
Opinion
At their hyped-as-ever product launch yesterday, Apple announced the iPhone 5, a new version of the classic that’s longer, thinner, and lighter. The new phone is four inches long (adding 176 pixels to the height of the display), has a faster internet connection, and a better processor. So why do I f
Art
Julien Levesque's "Street Views Patchwork" is an interactive digital collage using layers of Google Street View to create exciting new landscapes.
Art
Manhattan’s latest (and likely largest) new pop-up art space has just taken up residence in a TriBeCa loft — an unlikely location for such a fresh-faced project. TEMP's inaugural exhibition is "Working on It," a collection of young artists who have energy but lack direction.
Art
Pandora doesn’t work here in Iceland. Nor does Netflix. The country doesn’t allow either, so my friends and I have all been swapping music and movies instead of streaming them. My friend who gave me the songs I am listening to right now got them through the Bittorrent hub Piratebay. I'm listening to
News
After 110 years hidden in a tin at the National Media Museum in Bradford, UK, researchers have discovered what are believed to be the world's oldest color films. Created by cinematic pioneer Edward Raymond Turner, the films date to 1902 and depict the inventor's children, a girl on a swing, and sold
Art
It turns out that the CIA has its very own object and art museum for your online viewing pleasure. Although the collection is housed in CIA headquarters making it closed to the public, work does appear to travel to other museums and can be viewed anytime online.
Opinion
A post by my fellow editor Kyle Chayka got me thinking about the "outsider artist" designation and the different ways people define it.
Art
As a painting major in Albany, New York during the late 1980s, it was easy to sprint a few blocks from the art department over to the Nelson Rockefeller Art Collection to grab some inspiration from museum-quality art. Nostalgia for the collection's treasure trove of modernist work came to mind while
News
The Occupy Wall Street Movement, the protest that popularized the now-ubiquitous term "99 percent, began last year on September 17. The events in Zuccotti Park kicked off an international storm of activism, and though the movement has been less visible as of late, the one-year anniversary is quickly
Art
This past weekend, hundreds of Brooklyn artists opened their studios to the public for GO Brooklyn Art, allowing visitors an intimate view of their work and processes. I headed to Fort Greene and Clinton Hill to see the how the neighborhoods' artists, many of whom work out of converted domestic spac