Interview
The Exposed Nerves of Kim Jones’s Art
“My drawings were always kind of grim and dark, and leaning toward the nasty part of art, whatever you want to call it,” Jones explains in an interview with Hyperallergic.
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Art
Chance Encounters With Tania Pérez Córdova’s Art
Poetic and subtle, her work invites viewers to contemplate each material as it changes, or stays the same, over time.
Opinion
What Freezing My Eggs Meant to Me as an Artist
I re-evaluated all of the choices I had made in my life, including the decision to become an artist.
Art
What If Memes Had Museum Wall Labels?
We imagined the curatorial texts for a selection of pandemic-era memes if they were exhibited in some other dimension 50 years from now.
Books
Did You Know California Has a Museum of Scent?
A new book explores collector of natural essences Mandy Aftel’s interactive archive of scent in Berkeley.
News
Rogue Van Slams Into Memphis Museum, Damaging Sculptures
Two Wheeler Williams statues were struck during the accident.
Art
The Frighteningly Fine Art of Clown Egg Portraits
The Clown Egg Register is a beloved yet bizarre archiving practice still used by clowning communities today.
News
Dallas Museum of Art Workers “Shocked” by Mass Layoffs
The news that 20 employees were laid off comes as the museum eyes a multimillion-dollar expansion and upgrades to its facilities.
Art
How R.B. Kitaj Kept It All Together
In Kitaj’s work, the whole is an extravagant layering of several images into one.
Art
Gravity-Defying Sculptures Shatter Traditional Notions of Pottery
Inspired by the Dutch tradition of Delft blue pottery that imitated Chinese porcelain, Patrick Bergsma incorporates handcrafted bonsai trees into his exploding works.
Books
Renny Pritikin’s Adventures in Bay Area Art
The curator, writer, and teacher’s memoir winds its way through his four-decade career, arriving, geographically and conceptually, back where he started.
Film
NYC’s Metrograph Theater to Screen Rare Films by Cecilia Vicuña
A new series presented with the Guggenheim Museum puts a spotlight on the Chilean-born multidisciplinary artist’s work as a filmmaker.