Art
Giving a Face to Black Queer Identity
The art of Zanele Muholi confronts what it means to be a black queer woman in a country like South Africa, where a certain sector of cultural and social beliefs authorize the “corrective rape” of gay women.
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Opinion
Happy Belated Public Domain Day!
The advantage of the New Year is that new and wonderful things are liberated enter the public domain. The Art and Artifice blog has posted [http://aandalawblog.blogspot.com/2012/01/new-year-old-art-enters-public-domain.html] a new list of artists whose works as of January 1, 2012 can be used, republ
Performance
Even the Artist Disappears
Over the weekend, acclaimed and provocative Lebanese artist Rabih Mroué launched his first North American tour, giving the United States premiere of Looking for a Missing Employee as part of Performance Space 122's annual COIL festival.
Interview
Occupy Arts and Culture Groups Plan to Meet on a Nationwide Conference Call
This Wednesday, January 11, Arts and Culture groups from Occupy movements around the country will have the chance to meet over the phone. In a national conference call planned for 7pm, the groups will introduce themselves, propose projects and join forces on plans for the future of Occupy.
News
VIP Art Fair Spruces Up for Its Second Year Running
The VIP Art Fair, the first contemporary art fair held exclusively online, is heading into its second edition with both new events and a shot of hefty investments from two international art collectors. According to a statement released today by VIP, a total of $1 million came in from Brazilian art c
News
Are Artists the Next Best Business Venture? Connecticut Is Banking on It
A new arts funding plan is brewing in Connecticut that places precedence on cultural and arts programs that contribute to the community and attract new businesses.
Opinion
How Do Photographers Spend Their Time? Fact vs Fiction
The romance of photography means that our perception of what photographers actually do is distorted. These pie charts may help correct some popular misconceptions.
Art
Who Owns the Color Red?
Can a person own a color? Yves Klein may say yes, but Yves Saint Laurent begs to differ.
Art
Good Art, Shame About the Written Statement
CHICAGO — There’s often a tug of war going in between what’s in a work of art and what you are told about it. So when I saw the exhibition Turnin’ the Tip at Chicago’s A+D gallery, my first response was to the work that I was looking at it, independent of catalogue essays or wall text: big black and
Opinion
Required Reading
This week, Damien Hirst's global spot challenge, TJ Clark on Leonardo, Cairo's art scene, Green & Knight on PST, de Kooning conversation, Queer theory, vandalism as art criticism, imagining a drunk gay Jenny Holzer twitterfeed and an Abby Road spoof.
Art
A New Year, Same Type of Tired Corporate Critique
Ringing in the New Year, the Winkleman Gallery's group exhibition Corporations Are People Too might prove that 2011's artistic obsession with corporate power, the economic crisis, and abandoned office buildings with unintentionally ironic posters will continue into 2012. And I'm not entirely convinc
Opinion
Looking Back After China Takes Over
A few years ago, artist Guy Laramee began his The Great Wall series, which imagines a 23rd century when the Chinese empire has overthrown its American rival. His artist statement is a piece of science fiction and it sets the stage for his sculptural works that tap into American anxieties about empir