Art
Gauging the Potential of Abstraction at Art Basel Miami Beach
Questions of privilege aside, the range of abstract works reminded me how artists are providing nuanced ways of thinking about identity that move beyond exclusion/inclusion binaries.
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In Brief
Lincoln Center Scraps Richard Lippold’s Chandelier Sculpture in $550M Renovation Plans
Preservationists have voiced their concerns about eliminating Lippold's “Orpheus and Apollo,” one of the original pieces of public artworks at Lincoln Center, installed in 1962.
In Brief
A 1,000-Year-Old Viking Ship Burial Was Discovered Underneath a Norwegian Farm
The ship, which dates back to the Viking Period or the earlier Merovingian period, was found with the help of a high-resolution, ground-penetrating georadar.
Film
Rethinking Villains in Documentary Film
At the 2019 International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam, the programming strand "The Villain" looked for new ways to depict unsavory subjects.
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Apply for Warren Wilson’s Low-Residency MA Program Focused on Craft History and Theory
With the MA in Critical Craft Studies, students can connect their academic and life experience to histories and narratives of craft. Applications are due by March 1, 2020.
Film
How Martin Scorsese Seeks Revelation in Documentary
Film Forum's new series Scorsese Nonfiction brings an under-discussed facet of the director's career into focus.
News
18-Year-Old Pleads Guilty After Pushing Child Off Tate Modern Balcony
On August 4, a French child visiting London with his family was found on Tate Modern’s fifth-floor roof after being pushed from the museum’s tenth-floor viewing platform. Soon after, British teenager John Bravery was arrested and charged with attempted murder, and today he plead guilty. Read the ful
Art
Damien Davis Explores the Legacy of the Tulsa Race Massacre Through Collage
For his solo presentation at Untitled Art Fair in Miami, Davis developed a lexicon of negritude, crafting sculptural plexiglass collages to explore the events that decimated a community popularly known as “Black Wall Street.”
Interview
Meet the US Southwest's Art Community: Steven J. Yazzie Sees Creative Community in a Climbing Gym
An interview series spotlighting some of the creative community members in the US Southwest. Hear from artists, curators, and art workers about their current projects and personal quirks.
Film
A Showcase of Boundary-Crossing Brazilian Cinema
Kicking off today at Film at Lincoln Center, the series presents a body of work that’s particularly heartening when one considers the encroachments on freedom that Brazilian cinema must now confront.
News
Week in Review: Tufts Ditches Sackler Name, French Museum Close as Protests Rage
Also, fired Marciano Art Foundation employees protested Guess stores on Black Friday, a stolen Willem de Kooning painting worth an estimated $100,000,000 has been recovered, and more.
News
Tufts University Removes Sackler Name From Med School; Smithsonian Rebrands Its Sackler Gallery
The billionaire Sackler family, owners of Purdue Pharma who are well known for their philanthropy, has come under intense scrutiny in the art world.