Art
Design as a Strategy of Disobedience and Dissent
Design, according to a public talk in Brooklyn, has the potential to reflect and even remedy pressing social problems.
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Texas Art Teacher Suspended for Discussing Her Sexual Orientation in Class
According to the Mansfield Independent School Board, Stacey Bailey was let go after "complaints from parents about Ms. Baily discussing her sexual orientation with elementary-aged students."
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Denmark's First Public Monument to a Black Woman Celebrates a 19th-Century Freedom Fighter
"I Am Queen Mary," installed in Copenhagen, was inspired by Mary Thomas, who led a major uprising on the former Danish colony of St. Croix.
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BAMPFA’s 40-Year Experiment with Artist-Driven Ideas
A radical approach in 1978, MATRIX has remained dynamic by putting the artists first.
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In a Trump Hotel Suite, Artist Collective "Jails" the President
The shadowy artist collective Indecline converted a room at the Trump International Hotel & Tower in Manhattan into a solo jail cell for a man playing President Trump.
Art
The European Avant-Garde in Hollywood, from Brecht to Eisenstein
Artist and filmmaker Zoe Beloff explores the Hollywood legacies of Soviet filmmaker Sergei Eisenstein, German playwright Bertolt Brecht, and other members of the European avant-garde.
In Brief
John Baldessari Lends His Voice and Conceptual Art to The Simpsons
The grandfather figure of California conceptual art recently turned up in a Springfield art gallery for a cameo on the beloved cartoon.
News
314 Rare Books Stolen from Pittsburgh's Carnegie Library
There are generally two types of rare book thieves — ones that steal for money and book hoarders.
Comics
When Your Friend Becomes a Famous Artist
It's important to keep some perspective when your friends' careers take off.
News
Obama Portraits Bring Record Traffic to National Portrait Gallery
On March 24 alone, the day of the March For Our Lives, 35,968 people visited the museum.
Art
Howardena Pindell Gets Her First Major Museum Survey
A survey at the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago illustrates how the artist shifted from formalist painting to personal, political art.
Art
Required Reading
This week, reviewing Art in the Age of the Internet, Colonial Californiano architecture, the boy in Diane Arbus’s "Child With A Toy Hand Grenade" photograph, the winners of Smithsonian's photo contest, and more.