Announcement
The Jewish Museum Presents a Panel on Lawrence Weiner’s Latest Installation
Hear from artists, community activists, and cultural theorists as they discuss the impact of public artworks and the role of museums in achieving equity.
Lawrence Weiner
Art
Why Grown-Ups Should Play With Artists' Books Designed for Kids
A gloriously tactile exhibit at the Center for Book Arts offers a refreshing sense of playfulness in this age of anxiety.
Art
In Miami, a Museum Attempts to Bring Teens and Cops Together Over Art
Art Detectives, a partnership between the Pérez Art Museum Miami, the Miami-Dade Police Department, and two community organizations that launched last month, may be the only program of its kind in the US.
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What Happens When a Museum Gives Away Art for Free?
Take Me (I’m Yours) is a re-staging of a show that first appeared at the Serpentine Gallery in 1995, when it was conceived of by curator Hans Ulrich Obrist and artist Christian Boltanski. In this 2016 New York edition, curators Obrist and Jens Hoffmann feature more works by 42 artists.
Art
Scale, Sculpture, and Specificity Prevail at Miami Beach's Untitled Fair
MIAMI BEACH — In a cavernous tent right on the sands of Miami Beach, Untitled Art Fair is opening this Wednesday with a sprawling group of international galleries.
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7 Artists, 25 Pages Each, 1 Half-Century Later: Revisiting the Xerox Book
In 1968, Seth Siegelaub and John Wendler published the first edition of the so-called "Xerox Book." The untitled publication, which was conceived as an exhibition in itself — and is currently the subject of a show at Paula Cooper Gallery — is now considered a seminal artist book.
Art
Two Chelsea Galleries Go Wall Out for Summer
'Tis the season of reduced hours and low-stakes group shows at most Manhattan galleries, but two spaces in Chelsea are bucking the trend with summer exhibitions of large-scale murals.
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From Pulp to Pop, Seven Centuries of Book Art
PARIS — Pliure (meaning “fold” in French) is a book-based small show, tastefully curated by Paulo Pires do Vale, about the artistic metamorphosis of books (those folded paper things).
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The INTERNETworked Bridge: Connected But Unequal
BEIJING — I moved to China almost a year ago now, into a country where I knew no one and where even the internet was foreign. I pulled away from my main social circle geographically, but did what I could do stay connected via the internet and phone. And yet, just as I turned to the internet for soci
Art
Big Name Artists Hit the Street With Bowery Murals
As part of the Festival of Ideas For the New City anchored by the New Museum, a group of major artists have sprinkled the Bowery with murals. In collaboration with the Art Production Fund, painters including Mary Heilmann, Richard Prince and Jacqueline Humphries created murals for the roll-down meta
Opinion
Start of Something Big: Lawrence Weiner on 20x200
A fan of large run prints, Kyle senses something big — maybe "revolutionary" — about the Weiner print. He writes, " … contemporary art can be dangerous; it can quietly change lives … Here's to hoping 'Head Over Heels' is an invasion of contemporary art into the most ordinary of every day life."