News
Why Is a Sculpture by a Known Abuser Back on View in London?
The BBC has come under scrutiny for restoring a statue by Eric Gill despite public calls for its removal due to the artist’s history of abuse.
BBC
Film
New Docuseries Digs Up Pompeii's Lost Histories
Pompeii: The New Dig on PBS follows a group of archaeologists involved in the largest excavation at the ancient site in a generation.
Film
Stream Your Heart Out: Emmy Nominations Are In
Here are a few of our favorites, including Watchmen, Pose, and more.
Art
The New BBC TV Series and What We Mean When We Say “Civilization”
PBS has now finished airing its series called Civilizations, a nine-part look at the global history of art, which is a well meaning but flawed production.
Film
Documentarian Adam Curtis Dissects the World that Gave Rise to Trump
In Hypernormalisation (2016), Adam Curtis not only anticipates Trump’s victory, but also zeroes in on the abject disbelief and shock that followed in its wake.
Art
Resuscitating a 1960s Mural Buried in a Scottish Mountain
It's called the Hollow Mountain, the granite peak of Scotland's Ben Cruachan, since an incredible cave lies a kilometer below.
News
A New Website Lets You Browse Images of All Publicly Owned Art in the UK
“THROUGH OUR PUBLIC COLLECTIONS WE ALL OWN ART,” reads a new painting by British artist Bob and Roberta Smith (who is one guy).
Books
Grayson Perry's Art World 101
Grayson Perry's Playing to the Gallery is presented as a beginner’s guide to the machinations of the art world, though it also holds a mirror up to the so-called “certainty freaks” — members of the art world who have an axe to grind or are stubbornly set in their beliefs.
Art
A Trove of Portraiture Once Hidden Away in Oxford's Library Goes Online
The Bodleian Library acts as something of the University of Oxford's cerebral hub with over 11 million items, but what has been an inaccessible secret is its large holding of art. Now 300 of its paintings are now viewable on Your Paintings hosted by the BBC.
Opinion
Visualizing and Auralizing the Rhythms of Twitter
LOS ANGELES — What on earth is Twitter talking about? It's easy to find out: check your stream, scan some words and ta-da, you know what your friends are saying and doing.
News
Coco the Nazi?
In Vaughan’s new book, Sleeping with the Enemy: Coco Chanel's Secret War, the author attempts to prove that Chanel actually worked for German military intelligence during World War II. That’s right, folks, the maker of your fabulous quilted purses was a Nazi Spy!
Art
Great BBC Documentary on Ai Weiwei (Video)
I highly recommend you watch all four parts of this recent BBC documentary about Chinese artist Ai Weiwei, Ai Weiwei — Without Fear or Favor. It is fantastic and informative. Ai is one of the most important artists in the world today. If you don’t know who he is or