News
The British blogs and media are buzzing with reports that UK police are visiting the homes of graffiti writers in what appears to be an attempt to scare artists from leaving their mark during the city's Olympic spotlight.
Opinion
I love the internet. It's jumbled and weird and mind-numbingly vast. It's also the source of my employment. (Thanks, internet!) But I'm also worried about the internet — specifically the internet and art.
Art
At first glance, Steven Soderbergh’s new film, Magic Mike, is about a charismatic male stripper looking to cash in his gold lamé G-string to pursue his dream of designing (and selling) custom-made furniture. Like many emerging artists that work as art handlers, he’s at a crossroads. He’s in his thir
Opinion
We finally have a response from Chuck Close regarding Scott Blake's FreeChuckCloseArt.com filter.
Opinion
A recent batch of infographics from AppsBlogger.com highlights some of the interesting realities of Kickstarter as told by its stats.
Art
Young Asian Americans dominate a great swath of the messy territory called YouTube, holding their own against the well-funded and famous. This fact makes two major points: there is a great pool of Asian Americans who, against the grain of “model minority” professionalism, need an outlet for humor an
Art
Calvary Cemetery in Queens is something of a shadow city to New York. With over 3 million interments (roughly the population of the city of Chicago, to give the staggering number a visual), it not only has more burials than any other cemetery in the city, but also in the United States.
Art
The work of Social Practice is on the rise, but compared to the traditional art world news of auction prices and gallery openings, it doesn't seem to be receiving as much online attention.
Art
Seemingly all of the United States was put into a fashion frenzy last week when it was brought to the media’s attention that the Ralph Lauren-designed uniforms for the 2012 US Summer Olympic team with their all-American flair (and hideous berets) were produced in China.
Art
LOS ANGELES — Circles are endemic to the art world. Who you place in your circle — and who places you in theirs — is an act of social currency, particularly important in a world often run by social relations. But circles are also beautiful, forming iconic architecture like the Guggenheim in New York
Community
This week, studios in Austin, Brooklyn, Chicago and Miami.
News
Artist Ed Ruscha has left the board of LA's Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA), following the departures last week of John Baldessari, Barbara Kruger and Catherine Opie. The last artist on the board has left the building.