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Philosophical Paintings that Bare Their Process
Most artists I know are aware of the painter Sharon Butler, not because she's an overhyped art star, but because of her reputation as a serious, feet-on-the-ground, working artist.
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A Photographer Who Tracked Displacement, from Soviet Gulags to Ethiopia's Civil War
Ruth Gruber was the youngest PhD graduate in the world, earning her degree at the age of 20 with a doctoral thesis on Virginia Woolf (the first academic work on the author), when she trudged out into the Arctic and became the first journalist to interview prisoners at a Soviet Gulag in 1935.
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In a Tea Ritual, Stopping Time and Reflecting on War with a Veteran
As we sat in a circle, Aaron Hughes began Tea by describing where he was in February 2003: watching the snow fall in his barracks while his fellow American troops were being deployed to Kuwait for the Iraq war.
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Making a World She Wants to See in Portraits of Female Artists
As long as there is gender disparity in the art world, there will be art projects about gender disparity in the art world.
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The Stories of Content Moderators, Hosted on the Darknet
Eva and Franco Mattes’s latest work, Dark Content (2015–ongoing), is a series of videos only viewable through the Tor Browser and hosted on the darknet.
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This Coat for Syrian Refugees Can Also Serve as a Sleeping Bag or Tent
To aid the displaced, a group of 10 students at London's Royal College of Art have designed what they call the Syrian Refugee Wearable Shelter.
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Sad Days for Eugene’s Art Scene as One of Its Few Galleries Closes
EUGENE, Ore. — A downtown city gallery in Eugene, Oregon, just succumbed to nonprofit exhaustion — and angry local artists reacted en masse during a contentious community meeting intended to calm the waters.
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The Museum of Neon Art Switches Back on in LA
GLENDALE, Calif. — The warm, electric glow and mid-century charm of neon signs are enduring features of Los Angeles’s historical buildings, but some of the city’s most beloved examples have not been seen since the Museum of Neon Art (MONA) closed its downtown LA location in 2011.
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Fledgling Galleries Flock to London for a Month of Collaborative Shows
LONDON — For four weeks, eight of London’s youngest galleries are hosting 15 like-minded spaces from around the world as part of CONDO, a collaborative project that's been proven to be very successful with the public.
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Turning the Digital into the Material, with Feng Shui
Digital data has become one of the most integral and misunderstood resources in contemporary society.
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ArtRx LA
LOS ANGELES — This week, there's a discussion on alternative art spaces at the Armory in Pasadena, the premier of the Wooster Group's production of The Room, the grand opening of the Museum of Neon Art, and more.
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At Versailles, a Darkly Comic Celebration of Louis XIV's Death
VERSAILLES, France — In curator Béatrix Saule’s extensive exhibition Le Roi Est Mort (“The King Is Dead”), the Palace of Versailles is presenting a shaggy-dog narrative about the death of Louis XIV.