In Brief
AI Technology Helped Researchers Discover 143 Ancient Geoglyphs
Dated from the pre-Incan Nazca culture around 100 BCE, they span up to 328 feet and depict a variety of animals including birds, fish, snakes, foxes, and felines.
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Film
Shining the Spotlight on a Broader Swath of Korean Cinema
“Korean Cinema” often refers primarily to celebrated auteurs like Park Chan-wook and Bong Joon-ho. A new series at Film at Lincoln Center offers a 21-film corrective, illuminating the wide range of contemporaneous production in South Korea.
Comics
Lost in Reflection With Yayoi Kusama
I could spend a week inside Yayoi Kusama’s infinity room.
Art
Iraqi Performance Artists Use Silence as a Gesture of Dissent
The Vienna-based group Iraqi Autumn draws attention to the international community's silence regarding the outbreak of violence in Iraq over the past two months.
News
Week in Review: PAIN Sackler Protests in London, An Exhibition of Political Art Censored in China
Also, LA's Museum of Contemporary Art will have free admission starting January 11, the Baltimore Museum of Art will only acquire artworks by women in 2020, and more.
Art
Representations of Listless, Deadening, Corporate Office Life
Using cubicle partitions obtained from the Texas Department of Education in Austin, Jessica Vaughn’s setup resembles a planned office airlifted from the 1980s.
Opinion
Grate Job, Guys: Cornell Fine Arts Library Privileges Architecture Over People
Architect Wolfgang Tschapeller says the library was designed with books in mind — but the grated floors fail to account for slushy snow boots, skirts, assisted mobility devices, and more.
Art
Challenging Censorship, One Meticulous Artwork at a Time
Xie's latest exhibition at Asia Society Museum grapples with the long history of book banning in his home country of China.
Film
HBO's Watchmen, Politically Uncertain But Magnetic In the Moment
If the show's analysis of racial tensions ends up falling apart, it will definitely be a case of too much liberalism on the brain.
News
Artemisia Gentileschi Rakes in $5.3 Million; Souls Grown Deep Announces Four Museum Acquisitions
Also, the New York Public Library purchased 153 Virginia Woolf-related items, an 18th-century Senegalese saber has been returned by France, and more.
Art
Feminist Video and Performance Art Thrives on TikTok
Teens are dancing to messages from their abusive exes, continuing the legacy of artists like Ana Mendieta and Suzanne Lacy.
Announcement
Bard MFA Fall 2019 Information Session Takes Place on Campus on December 6
Join the conversation and learn more about Bard MFA’s unique interdisciplinary low-residency program. Applications are due by January 7, 2020.