Books
The Colorful Cocoons of Hong Kong's Bamboo Scaffolding
Photographer Peter Steinhauer spent two decades photographing the traditional bamboo scaffolding that endures in Hong Kong.
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Julie Speed: East of the Sun and West of the Moon, on View at the El Paso Museum of Art
The exhibition features nearly fifty works, many from the past five years and previously unseen, in oil, gouache, and collage. On view through April 7, 2019.
Art
The Baroque Violence of Jusepe de Ribera
The UK’s first show of the famously gruesome seventeenth century Spanish painter places his monumental works in historical context.
Art
A Feminist Workshop on How to Paint Anatomy and Nudes
The class, part of The Feminist School of Painting at KADIST, challenged traditional ideals of beauty.
News
Art Movements
Sondra Perry received the 2018 Nam June Paik award, Njideka Akunyili Crosby is now represented by David Zwirner in collaboration with Victoria Miro, Marvel legend Stan Lee passed away, and more.
Art
The Tenement Museum Maps a Century of Deadly Diseases and Their Human Stories
In a new tour, the Tenement Museum explores New York's contagious history, from tuberculosis to the AIDS crisis, through three families.
Art
How Should We Look at Cornelius Gurlitt's Trove of Nazi-Looted Art?
Gurlitt: Status Report, An Art Dealer in Nazi Germany makes a long-hidden art collection with a dark provenance accessible to the public.
Art
How to Envision the Revolution
The Curtains, Stages, and Shadows, Act 1 exhibition suggests that agency has everything to do with seeing rather merely being seen.
News
Planned Amazon Headquarters in Queens Enrages Residents as Art Organizations Stay Mostly Quiet
Nearly 250 people gathered today, November 14, in Long Island City to protest the controversial announcement as arts organizations held their breath to see what financial fortunes might come their way from Amazon's touchdown in Queens.
Art
Some Critics Question the Choice of Thomas Campbell as New Director of San Francisco Museums
Some are questioning the choice, given previous accusations against Campbell of managerial misconduct and budget deficits.
Art
Andy Warhol's Friends Reminisce About the Artist at the Whitney Museum
This Friday, The Whitney will host a conversation with acquaintances of Andy Warhol on their personal experiences and interactions with the artist.
Art
From Monument to Commodity, Karl Marx in a Post-Cold War World
Two hundred years after Marx's birth, the Wende Museum and the Goethe-Institut Los Angeles have organized a discussion on the significance of communist monuments today.