Let It Bleed: The Frightening Scene on the Met’s Roof
A history of violence resonates in Imran Qureshi’s massive rooftop painting at the Metropolitan Museum, and in other shows by Benny Andrews, Nancy Spero, and more Read More
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The Civil War in Art, Then and Now
As several museums showcase works made at the time of the conflict, contemporary artists continue to reflect on its legacy Read More
Safe Sachs
Tom Sachs and Van Neistat make a flight-safety video for VistaJet Read More
Why Can’t We Take Pictures in Art Museums?
In an attempt to balance copyright restrictions and ever-present camera phones, some museums are loosening their ‘no photography’ policies Read More
Your Thievin’ Art? At Play in the Field of Fair Use
Your mug shot. Your profile picture. Your breakfast table. Is anything safe from appropriation artists? Read More
Blanket Statement: 10 Textile Shows, One Museum
Denver Art Museum unites Navajo weavings, Victorian needlework, the original denim, Chinese robes, skinned teddy bears, and a lot more Read More
Poached Eggs: Drawings Based on Angry Birds
A popular video game inspired Lee Walton’s abstract artworks Read More
Kinetic Esthetic: Dannielle Tegeder
The artist inaugurates Hamilton College’s new Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum of Art with a mural and motion machines Read More
‘Rodin: Genius with Giblets’
Why the great sculptor is so exasperating, and other excerpts from our coverage 100, 75, 50, and 25 years ago Read More
How van Gogh Became van Gogh
Drawing on an eight-year research project into the artist’s methods and materials, an exhibition at the Van Gogh Museum reveals how he taught himself to paint
Feher Play
Tony Feher’s messages in bottles—along with a spectrum of works from the last 25 years—launch a traveling retrospective Read More
Words with Friends: Artist-Poet Pairings
Picasso, Ashbery, Rivers, Johns, Motherwell, Alberti and more in “The Artist and the Poet” at the Art Institute of Chicago Read More
