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A New App Attempts to See for the Blind
What if your smartphone could see for you, the same way it tells time, takes pictures, crushes candy, and occasionally calls people for you?
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Crimes of the Art
On this week’s art crime blotter: a performance artist faces charges for pooping on the Israeli flag, Le Corbusier chairs are stolen in India, and a graffiti artist sues singer Kiesza for featuring his murals in a music video.
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Renowned Artist Leila Alaoui, Injured in Burkina Faso Terrorist Attacks, Dies at 33
Leila Alaoui, the French-Moroccan photographer and video artist known for her poetic and unsentimental images of daily life in the Mediterranean and Middle East, died last night from injuries sustained during last week's terrorist attack in Ougadougou, Burkina Faso.
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Oklahoma City School Discovers More 1917 Chalkboards Hidden in Its Walls
Chalkboard drawings from nearly a century ago were uncovered in the walls of a downtown Oklahoma City school.
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Art Movements
This week in art news: revisiting William Boyd and David Bowie's art world hoax, Stephen Colbert interviews the Guerrilla Girls, and Larry Gagosian sues the royal family of Qatar over a Picasso sculpture.
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122-Foot Dinosaur Makes Its Colossal Debut at the American Museum of Natural History
A cast of one of the largest dinosaurs to walk the Earth some 100 million years ago is being unveiled this week at the American Museum of Natural History in New York.
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In Response to Censorship, Artists Incite Users to Flood Facebook with Nudity
If you've ever experienced the frustration of having your Facebook account disabled after posting a nude work of art, mark January 14 as your new favorite holiday: Facebook Nudity Day.
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Two Nominees for European Art Award Pull Out Over Artist/Collector Feud
Two artists have rejected their nominations for the Vincent Van Gogh Biennial Award for Contemporary Art in Europe, which is billed as "one of the world’s leading contemporary art prizes."
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Gallerist Proposes List of Most Influential People in Bushwick, Sparking Neighborhood Outrage
On January 1, Bushwick gallery Fuchs Projects announced its plans to share a list of the "200 most influential people in Bushwick in 2016" — news met with fierce outcry from members of the community troubled by what many regarded as an exclusive project ignorant of the effects of gentrification.
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Crimes of the Art
On this week’s art crime blotter: an art analysis assignment gets a teacher suspended, new reality TV show allegedly glorifies 'grave-robbing,' and Justin Bieber climbs a Mayan ruin and pulls his pants down.
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Art Movements
This week in art news: Joel Goodman's photograph of British New Year's revelers went viral, a representative of Beyoncé denied that the singer is planning to star in a biopic on Saartjie Baartman, and 30 museums in Southern California will offer free admission on January 30.
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Artist Orlan Tries Again to Sue Lady Gaga for Plagiarism
Two years ago, French artist Orlan sued pop star Lady Gaga in French court for plagiarism over the singer's cover art for her 2011 album Born this Way and the eponymous, award-winning music video.