The concept of self-care has its origins in the Civil Rights and feminist movements. However, these radical roots have been obscured by the contemporary wellness industry, which promotes elite forms…
Los Angeles gallery Various Small Fires is moving from its Venice Beach location, where it opened in January 2012, to a 5,000-square-foot space in Hollywood. The new gallery will open October…
In a windowless room, under fluorescent lights around a conference table laden with Chex Mix and peanut M&Ms, art-world professionals talked, while the artist and Armory Show reps watched from behin…
Borrowing her techniques from 20th-century radical theater and her dialogue from the news, Liz Magic Laser mounted the excellent production "I Feel Your Pain," a Performa 11 commission, on Nov. 13 a…
How long does it take to come up with a new idea? The New Museum thinks 24 hours should just about do it. Rhizome, the New Museum's online affiliate for technology-based artistic practices, launched S…
In a week that started with the discovery of a certain fugitive in Pakistan, artist Liz Magic Laser's performance, Flight, which engages pursuit and violence, seemed timely. Staged twice in Times…
First it was Berlin; then Detroit joined in. Now, for the second year in a row, New York kicks off its own Gallery Week. NYGW features nearly 60 commercial galleries and non-profits. In an effort to b …