Opinion
New Aesthetic Watch: 8-Bit Pop-up Cards
LOS ANGELES — Open source cards that bring a bit of the virtual to the real world.
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Art
The South African President vs The Painting: A Saga in Many Parts
A painting by Brett Murray of the South African President has caused outrage among the ANC faithful but the subsequent acts of vandalism raise questions for which there are no easy answers.
Opinion
Required Reading
This week, photojournalists and defense contractors, whither Flickr, Michelangelo's fortifications, a guide to public art in NY this summer, Frank Gehry's chess set, artist lists and more.
Music
Fagen's Critical Catalogue (May 2012)
This week, reviews of Esperanza Spalding, Madonna, Black Dice, Spoek Mathambo, All-American Rejects, Rusko, Jack White and Chromatics.
Art
A Man Without a Camera
Marco Breuer is best known for the photographs that he makes without using a camera. (He does other sorts of photography, but this body of work is largely what we know about his endeavors). Rather than pointing at a moment that is gone, and wresting fixity from flux, as photographs are said to do, B
Performance
Dancing with Jack
Jack Ferver and Marc Swanson met in 2008. Both grew up in rural America, both are queer, both have created imaginary worlds. Two Alike, which premiered at The Kitchen last weekend, is their first collaboration, in which Swanson provides the setting for Ferver’s dreams and nightmares.
Art
Cosmic Comic: Frank Stella’s Fine Disregard
The first thing I noticed about Frank Stella’s classic “pinstripe” paintings from the late 1950s-early 1960s — gathered from hither and yon for the splendid exhibition, Frank Stella: Black, Aluminum and Copper Paintings — is how at home they looked in L&M Arts’ stately Upper East Side townhouse. The
Art
New York's First Elevator-sized Museum
Tucked away on Cortlandt Alley, a small side street that is itself tucked away between Tribeca and Chinatown, there's a small, glowing, storefront space. It gleams pristinely like a cross between a brand-new grocery store and an art gallery, but the objects on display aren't for sale. In fact, this
Art
Beyond the Portrait's Blank Stare
Currently on view in the refectory at Union Theological Seminary are 16 beige painted rectangles, including one ensconced in a prewar, built-in, gilded mold over the large fireplace. The rectangles are silhouettes of the portraits of former Union board members and school presidents that traditionall
Opinion
Overheard in the Art World
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Opinion
A Step Closer to Defying Gravity
A new technology demo'd by MIT researcher Jinha Lee is pretty exciting.
Art
A Very Gendered India
There are just a few days left to be immersed in the world of bioethics and cow-headed goddesses created by French artist Prune Nourry at the Invisible Dog Art Center, and the experience is something not to be missed.