Art
How Softcore Porn Penetrated Mainstream Media
The exhibition Porno Chic to Sex Positivity at the Museum of Sex traces how once-verboten depictions of sex became gradually acceptable in pop culture.
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Citing "Institutional Racist Violence," Half of the Wisconsin Triennial Artists Withdraw Their Work
The artists accused the Madison Museum of Contemporary Art, which organizes the triennial, of "shameful mistreatment of the Black artists, contractors, and staffers throughout the exhibition."
Opinion
Visiting MoMA While Black
At the retrospective of Sophie Taeuber-Arp, I thought to myself: Am I crazy? I must be tripping, this is straight out of Africa!
News
Art Teachers Get a Higher Tax Deduction for Out-of-Pocket Supplies
Starting in 2023, teachers will be able to deduct $300 instead of $250. It's the first expense deduction increase they get in 20 years.
News
The Odd History of Germany's "Unicorn" Fossil
Dubbed “one of the worst fossil reconstructions in history,” the so-called “Magdeburg Unicorn” again making rounds on the internet.
Announcement
Art on Paper Returns to New York City’s Pier 36 This Fall
From September 8 to 11, the fair will showcase top modern and contemporary paper-based art from 95 galleries, including works from Bang Geul Han, Yuko Nishikawa, and more.
News
Noguchi Museum Is Opening the Artist’s Studio to Visitors
The studio of the mid-century sculptor, located across from his eponymous museum in Long Island City, New York, received $4.5 million for its planned restoration and renovation.
News
Museums Must Post Salaries in Job Ads, Says US Museum Org
The measure will go into effect in November and it is a victory for the grassroots organizations that have long called for salary transparency in the museum sector.
Art
After 50 Years, Michael Heizer's Colossal Desert Installation Is Finally Finished
Work on the colossal land art project in the remote Nevada desert began in 1970.
Art
Lisa Bowman’s Exquisite Corpse Makes Connections Through the Mail
Part of the fun of flipping through Bowman's book of exquisite corpse artworks is trying to guess who is responsible for each drawing.
Art
The Hidden Truths of Lou Reed's Musical Poetry
Reed’s terse song-stories rely on humorous and torqued and poignant metaphors, and serve up pop cliches in order to turn them inside out and reveal hidden truths.
Film
Riff on One Thousand and One Nights Longs for a Bygone Era of Filmmaking
Alternating between charmingly and cringingly unfashionable, George Miller’s Three Thousand Years of Longing defies some orientalist tropes while falling prey to others.