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NASA Launches $2.25M Design Competition to 3D Print Habitats for Mars
The hope is that 3D printing and the incorporation of spacecraft waste and materials from the alien world can in turn help address affordable housing on Earth.
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Creative Time's Anne Pasternak Will Take the Helm at the Brooklyn Museum
This evening the Brooklyn Museum revealed that Anne Pasternak will succeed Arnold Lehman as the institution's director.
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Crimes of the Art
On this week’s art crime blotter: vandals attack Lego superhero statue, New York cops blast police brutality artwork, Cuban paintings stolen in Miami heist.
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High School Art Showing Police Violence Spawns Social Media Outrage
When a New Jersey high school art department turned its gym into a temporary gallery last Tuesday, it couldn't have predicted the controversy that would follow.
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Shigeru Ban and Other Architects to Build Shelters for Nepal Earthquake Survivors
The Pritzker Prize–winning architect Shigeru Ban, famous for his humanitarian designs, has launched a campaign to provide shelter to victims of the April 25 earthquake in Nepal.
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University of Southern California MFAs Boycott Graduation in Solidarity with #USC7
LOS ANGELES — Yesterday was Graduation Day at the University of Southern California, however there was a conspicuous absence at the commencement ceremony for the Roski School of Art and Design.
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As Third Member Is Refused Entry to UAE, Gulf Labor Renews Pressure on Guggenheim
The news that a third member of the Gulf Labor Artist Coalition was barred from entering the United Arab Emirates (UAE) has many people wondering what this means for the future of the Gulf nation's growing art community.
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Art Movements
This week in art news: The Isabella Stewart Gardner puts up $100,000 to get a stolen Napoleonic eagle back, convicted art forger Wolfgang Beltracchi prepares for his first solo exhibition, and Christie's sold over a billion dollars worth of art.
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Ancient City of Palmyra Threatened as ISIS Nears Outskirts
With news agencies today reporting that ISIS is just outside of Syria's ancient city of Palmyra, one of the world's most important archaeological sites is at risk of destruction.
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Entire First-Year MFA Class Drops Out in Protest at the University of Southern California
LOS ANGELES — Citing “the University’s unethical treatment of its students,” the entire class of first year MFA students at USC’s Roski School of Art has decided to leave the school, according to a statement they released today.
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Artist Walid Raad Denied Entry into UAE, Becoming Third Gulf Labor Member Turned Away
Today, Hyperallergic spoke to artist Walid Raad, who informed us that three days ago he was denied entry to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) as he tried to attend the Sharjah Art Foundation's March Meetings.
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Choice Quotes from Kanye's Address at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago
Kanye West received his honorary doctorate from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC) yesterday. The night before, he gave a talk at the school that began as a question-and-answer session but devolved, quite wonderfully, into a rambling, free-associative lecture.