News
Works by Elizabeth Catlett and Yoshitomo Nara Set Auction Records for the Artists
Plus, the Metropolitan Museum of Art announces new acquisitions in the lead-up to its 150th anniversary and more of the week's transactions.
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Art
Glimpses of Civil War Scars in Spanish Photography
Frente a Frente at Madrid’s Museo Nacional de Antropología reveals the fundamental ways in which, eight decades on, Spain still has yet to reckon with the conflict that once tore it apart.
Interview
Revealing Lost Archives of Black Cinema and Creating New Ones
Hyperallergic talks to director Garrett Bradley about gaps in film preservation, her new film America, and the retrospective it's a part of at BAM.
Art
Airy and Affective Sculptures, Weighed Down by Contradictions
In his latest exhibition The Bather's Dilemma, Paul Chan's lofty claims act as dead weight in an otherwise elegant expression of human emotion.
News
PAIN Sackler Activists Throw "Blood Money" and Stage Die-in Outside Purdue Pharma's Bankruptcy Hearing
“We’re not going to stop until they personally face charges,” Nan Goldin, founder of PAIN Sackler, declared.
Film
In Maine, a Space to Spur Change in Documentary
The Camden International Film Festival chose "Power and Story" as the theme of its 15th edition.
Announcement
An Art of Changes: Jasper Johns Prints, 1960–2018 Opens October 12 at Carnegie Museum of Art
Explore nearly six decades of work by one of America’s most influential artists in this dynamic career survey.
Art
Embracing Mortality in the Face of Big Tech’s Domination
Ben Gocker isn’t yearning to be released from the impermanence of his body. His work shows his acceptance of nostalgia and melancholy.
Announcement
Study Behind the Scenes of the New York Art World With Christie’s Education
Meet expert faculty at Christie's Education’s open house on November 7, 2019. Applications for the 2020-2021 term will open October 14, 2019.
Art
The Relationship of Decadence to Decay in Austria's "Pleasure Capital"
Within the theme of the “Grand Hotel Abyss,” the Steirischer Herbst 2019 art festival dropped visitors into a continuous past, present, and future of decadence, theatrics, and deviance.
Art
A Performer Uses Brain-Mapping Technology to Scan Her Dreams
Indonesian artist Melati Suryodarmo ran her own dreams through an EEG machine to create her performances at the Asia Society Museum next week.
News
Open Letter Asks Swiss Institute to Address Claims Against Artist
“How should we, as a community, address these kinds of troubling claims?" the group asks.