Art
Two Artists Record the Voices of the Silk Road
The Silk Road Songbook’s polyvocal strategies to share diasporic experiences are a radical reversal of what expressions of resistance and persistence are expected to look like.
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Opinion
Do We Really Need a Mona Lisa Immersive Experience?
The only surprise perhaps is that this hasn’t come sooner given the extent to which the Louvre Museum expansively brands itself and its collection around the figure.
Film
The Jackass Series Deserves Serious Recognition as Documentary Art
The infamously crude TV and film franchise continues a tradition of cinematic physical comedy going back to the Silent Era.
Books
A Teenager’s Dreamy Art Deco Bedroom From 1929
A new book reconstructs a unique teen bedroom from 1929 and resurrects Joseph Urban’s far-reaching but now-forgotten influence on modern American design.
News
Offshore Networks "Awash" In Art, Pandora Papers Reveal
The investigation found 1,600 works traded through shell companies, including Banksy pieces bought by a London financier charged with tax evasion.
News
Does South Korea's Nose-only Covid Mask Pass the Smell Test?
“Kosk masks look like a little bra for mid-face, securely covering the nose, but conveniently leaving the wearer’s mouth unencumbered,” our reporter writes.
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Cash-strapped San Francisco Art Institute Merges With Local University
After years of teetering on the brink of bankruptcy, the institution will become part of the University of San Francisco.
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Emboldened by Ukraine Crisis, Azerbaijan Escalates its War on Armenian Heritage Sites
A "specialists committee" to purge traces of Armenian history in the occupied region of Nagorno-Karabakh (Artsakh) is the latest in an ongoing campaign to rewrite the history of the region.
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Announcement
Museum of the Moving Image Launches Screening Series Focused on Extinction & Life as It Might Be
MoMI’s yearlong Science on Screen series opens February 13 with classic films Woman in the Dunes and The World, the Flesh, and the Devil presented in 35mm.
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At Americas Society, Part II of This Must Be the Place: Latin American Artists in New York, 1965–1975
Featuring new works by the same artists, the second part of this NYC exhibition explores the body as theme and medium, offering new understandings of identity.
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The Anarchist-designed DIY Heaters Saving Lives of Unhoused People
The Portland-based group Heater Bloc has created tent-safe heaters that cost only $7 to build.
Opportunities
Opportunities in February 2022
From grants, open calls, and commissions to residencies, fellowships, and workshops, our monthly list of opportunities for artists, writers, and art workers.