Announcement
Mills College Art Museum Presents Tree Talk by María Elena González
For her solo exhibition Tree Talk, María Elena González reconceives birch bark as music scores.
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In Brief
Banksy’s Shredded Painting Will Rotate Through the Galleries of a German Museum
Banksy's controversial “Love is in the Bin” (2018) will go on long-term display at the Stuttgart Staatsgalerie this March. However, it won't stay in one room for long.
In Brief
A Massive 17th-Century Painting Was Hiding in the Walls of an Oscar de la Renta Boutique
Construction workers at the fashion brand's new Paris store found a hidden treasure depicting an elaborately dressed marquis on his way to Jerusalem.
Art
Mesmerized and Saddened by the Illusion of Sunlight
This is the kind of work we will share when we have so laid waste to the planet that most of what the world will have access to is this kind of simulacra.
News
Week in Review: British Museum Hires Curators to Surveil Looted Objects, Museum Guard Pleads to End Shutdown
Also, a prankster posted a scathing proposal for a Trump Presidential Library at Jared Kushner's new hotel, a New Jersey town received $1 million to turn illegal dumping sites into public art spaces, and more.
News
New Museum Staffers Vote to Unionize
After announcing their plans to organize a union earlier this month, this afternoon, the New Museum union received 38 yes votes against 8 no votes.
Announcement
apexart’s Open Call Solicits Exhibition Proposals from and for Anywhere in the World (Except NYC)
Submitters of winning proposals will receive a budget of up to USD 11,000 and will work closely with the apexart team to turn their ideas into exhibitions.
Podcast
Discussing the Sculptures of Richard Serra with Hal Foster
A new book of conversations between the noted artist and art historian captures a complex body of work that continues to challenge the conventions of sculpture.
News
Mauritshuis Scores Painting by Rembrandt's Teacher, and Nationalmuseum Acquires Two 18th-Century Drawings
Plus, University of Oxford’s Bodleian Libraries acquires a rare 15th century French Gothic coffer, and Nelson and Happy Rockefeller's collection sells at auction.
Art
Anne Brigman’s Radical Nude Self-Portraits from the Early 1900s
Brigman portrayed her nude body, significantly scarred from an accident, often lodging herself within a gnarled juniper tree deep in the Sierra mountains. Her photographs are remarkable.
News
Jonas Mekas, a Guiding Spirit of Indie Cinema, Dies at 96
Simple descriptors can’t do justice to his monumental life.
News
Activists Fool Media by Claiming Gas Company Would Pay California Fire Victims
Overwhelming evidence shows that gas and electric company PG&E is responsible for the fire that killed 86 people and cost an estimated $30 billion in damages.