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Brooklyn Gets a Neighborhood-Centric Biennial
Yesterday brought the news that Brooklyn is getting an art biennial.
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Olafur Eliasson Creates a Riverbed in a Museum
Today, Riverbed, Olafur Eliasson's first solo exhibition at Denmark's Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, fills the museum's South Wing with dirt and rocks of all sizes, complete with a narrow, meandering trench of water, to transform the space into a craggy landscape.
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Yarn Artist Tries to Save Ocean, May Have Damaged It Instead
A New York–based artist trying to raise awareness about the ocean’s health is being accused of damaging it. Agata Oleksiak, the yarn artist better-known as Olek, traveled to Cancun earlier this month for an installation highlighting the ocean’s declining shark population, according to La Jornada.
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Is the Push for Better Embassy Design Putting People at Risk?
Some politicians are concerned that the new initiative to build better-designed United States embassies isn't just expensive, it's putting employees in danger.
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Art Movements
Chapman Brothers censored in Rome, selfie concerns for London's National Gallery, a lost trove of African art in Missouri, and more from the week in art news.
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Street Artists Sue Terry Gilliam for Copyright Infringement
Three street artists have filed a lawsuit against Terry Gilliam, alleging that the director "misappropriated" their copyrighted collaborative work in his upcoming film The Zero Theorem.
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University of Chicago Whitewashes Commissioned Mural, Artists Claim Censorship
The University of Chicago whitewashed a mural created by visiting artists to the school without consulting the artists or the organizer of their visit. The school says the mural was painted over in response to complaints from local residents in the neighborhood where it was painted, but the artists
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Marfa's Art World Gentrification Is Pushing Out Long-Time Residents
After Donald Judd moved to Marfa, Texas in 1971, he quickly transformed the cow-town into the art world’s desert outpost, much to the chagrin of some locals.
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Art Movements
MOCA North Miami will close, trustees from the Rauschenberg Foundation win $24.6 million, ceramic poppies take over the Tower of London, and more from the week in art news.
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Artist Claims New York Times Co. Isn't Giving Him Credit He Deserves
Released to the public two weeks ago, the New York Times's Chronicle graphing tool has been at use within the paper since it was developed in 2012 by its "Labs" research-and-development department.
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Construction Workers Uncover Important Ancient Greek Wine Cup
Traditionally known as the "first citizen of Athens," Pericles was a lover of art and literature, and a driving force behind the Parthenon's construction. Now, archeologists in the modern Greek capital claim to have discovered the statesman's wine cup, according to the Greek newspaper Ta Nea.
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Does Less Testosterone Mean More Art?
Human civilization, and the artistic activities associated with it, came about as a result of a measurable decline in testosterone levels that began accelerating around 80,000 years ago, according to a study published in the August issue of Current Anthropology.