Books
Miyó Vestrini, a Fierce Venezuelan Poet Who Wrote About Death
Grenade in Mouth is the first full-length collection of Vestrini’s texts available in English.
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News
Asylum Seeker Wins Literary Prize for Book Written via WhatsApp
Iranian-Kurdish writer and asylum seeker Behrouz Boochani won the 2019 Victorian Prize for Literature for a book he wrote through WhatsApp texts over five years while living in a Papua New Guinea detention center, where he is still imprisoned.
News
Ariana Grande Accused of Plagiarizing Artist in Music Video
Previously, the video's director, Dave Meyers, came under legal fire for using imagery similar to that of artist Lina Iris Viktor in a music video for Kendrick Lamar and SZA's song for the Black Panther movie.
In Brief
Warhol Ate Burger King in a Super Bowl Commercial, But He Was a McDonald’s Fan
The ad implores viewers to #EatLikeAndy — but it's unlikely this is how Andy ate.
Announcement
Explore, Collaborate and Connect This Summer at Chautauqua School of Art
Study with us for seven weeks of bliss, critical discourse, studio time and a rare opportunity to experiment freely. Need-based scholarships are available.
Art
Artists Rethink the Tradition of Art as Resistance
At the Museum of Arts and Design, a group of artists come together to discuss the ways in which art can bring about social change.
Announcement
Inaugural Vilcek Prize for Excellence Recognizes Immigrant Accomplishment in Art History
This year's $100,000 prize was bestowed to art historian and curator Carmen C. Bambach of The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Opinion
How Criticisms of Roma Have Revealed American Biases
Assuming an audience’s prior knowledge of Mexican culture and major events is a powerful way of centering the Mexican experience.
News
MacDowell Colony Launched a Fellowship in the Name of Artist Musa McKim Guston
The new annual Fellowship, for an artist working in any discipline, was funded by a gift from the daughter of artists Philip Guston and Musa McKim Guston.
In Brief
After 45 Years of Wrongful Imprisonment, an Artist Sells His Paintings to Get By
"These are like my children," Richard Phillips says. "But I don't have any money. I don't have a choice." The artist has been met with bureaucratic blockades to receive the $2 million that he is eligible for under Michigan law.
News
Berlin Memorial to Gay Victims of the Holocaust Vandalized for Second Time
Artist duo Elmgreen & Dragset, who designed the monument over a decade ago, says, "The memorial can be repaired — it is far worse when the victim of violent homophobia is a human being."
Art
An AI Artist's Twitter Feed Is an Art Gallery
The images and videos Mario Klingemann posted under the hashtag #BigGAN can only be appreciated by treating his Twitter feed as a digital exhibition.