Film
New York’s Trans Sex Workers Tell Their Stories
The Stroll is not just a chronicle of trans life and activism in the 1980s and ’90s, but also of urban “renewal” in the 21st century.
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Books
The Preserved Beauty of Italian Island Traditions
Alys Tomlinson traveled between Sardinia, Sicily, and the islands of the Venetian lagoon to document traditional community festivals.
Art
A Day With the NY Sanitation Department’s Resident Artist
sTo Len, whose fascination with waste removal started when he was a child, is the agency’s current artist in residence.
News
New Public Art to Honor NYC’s Second African Burial Ground
The burial ground resurfaced in 2006, when construction crews working on the New Museum’s extension found human remains.
News
The World Has One Less Jeff Koons "Balloon Dog"
An art collector accidentally shattered a $42,000 "Balloon Dog" by Koons at an art fair in Miami.
Art
LA's Spring Break Art Show Is a Wacky Lucid Dream
Shuffling between a tattoo-parlor-slash-glory-hole and vibey sound chandeliers, I was reminded of the artistry and creativity this show welcomes.
Art
Tamales, Celebs, and Hungry Collectors at Frieze LA
Despite reports of booming business and a more open art world, much of it remains opaque.
News
Nazi Symbol Appears on Fence Near LACMA
A video shared online shows a swastika that appears to transform into an emblem of the Islamic Republic taped to a fence in front of the museum.
Announcement
Catch Print Pomona Art Book Fair at the Benton Museum of Art
More than 50 national and international exhibitors will showcase artist books, art catalogs, print ephemera, and more at PPABF in Claremont, California.
Art
Required Reading
This week, a new portrait of André Breton, the problem with painted shadows, the story of a misidentified 19th-century potter, and more.
Art
Edward Hopper’s Views of Isolation
He was interested in a kind of realism, inseparable from the cold structures and isolated people that populate his compositions.
Art
Refreshing Abstraction in Marfa
Though each artist’s work in Vision Pool is distinct in media and style, they share elements that test perception.