Music
Prince's 'Sign o’ the Times,' Part I (A Solitary Genius)
For an ostensible masterpiece, Prince’s Sign o’ the Times (1987) is suspiciously lacking in overt concept.
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Opinion
Monty Python Goes to the Art Museum
Given that so much of Monty Python's humor was predicated on testing and twisting codes of civility and decorum, it's surprising their Flying Circus didn't alight more frequently in that most stuffily decorous setting, the art museum.
Opinion
Kara Walker’s Puppets Dance in a New Music Video for Santigold
Even if you're familiar with artist Kara Walker’s signature shadow puppets, you've probably never seen them looking as cheerful as they do in electro-pop artist Santigold’s new music video.
Art
Evocative and Futile Fantasies of Nature Tamed
MONTRÉAL — It is known that hummingbirds come to the call of red, their eyes configured for a sensitivity toward rouged hues.
Art
Harboring Art in Historic Spaces at the 2016 Governors Island Art Fair
The circular sandstone fort of Castle Williams has had numerous identities since it was completed on Governors Island in 1811, from New York City harbor defense to Civil War barracks to military prison.
Art
An Art Center Rises Out of 11,500 Acres of Montana Ranching Land
FISHTAIL, Mont. — At first it sounds like some sort of bizarre, art-related math problem: If you had 11,500 acres of land, how many large-scale sculptures would you put on them?
Art
Dennis Oppenheim and Josephine Halvorson Shift Our Perspective with Oversize Sculptures
MOUNTAINVILLE, NY — Have you ever wanted to walk through a large shirt? Whether or not you've entertained the notion, it is now a real possibility at Storm King Art Center.
Art
Photographer Imagines the Dreams of Fellow Syrian Refugees
Before he started taking photographs at a refugee camp in Lebanon, 37-year-old Omar Imam was a refugee himself.
News
Group Calls for Greater Latinx Participation in the College Art Association Conference
The U.S. Latina/o Art Forum has just put out a call to action for all its members, urging them to “increase the representation of Latinx art at the 2017 Annual [College Art Association] Conference by submitting a proposal to present a paper.”
Books
An Alternative Encyclopedia of Birds Categorized by Poop, Art History, and More
The earliest photograph of a living bird may be one taken by William Henry Fox Talbot in the early 1840s.
Books
Shopping for the Afterlife in China
Chanel shoes, McDonald's french fries, iPhones, cognac, lacy lingerie, and machine guns are just a few of the consumer goods you can purchase for the dead in China.
Art
An Exhibition Recaps 50 Years of James Bond, the Spy Who Loved Himself
PARIS — James Bond, 007 the Exhibition provides just enough ludicrous, louche swagger to fill hard-living, hard-killing art stars with envy.