Art in the Streets
MOCA's street-art show is the first draft of an untold history. Read More
View ArticleCosmic Comic
Kenny Scharf's loopy, Pop-saturated paintings are back—in galleries and on the street. Read More
View ArticleL.A. Stories
Shining light on uncatalogued archives, misplaced works, and undocumented careers, more than 60 venues in Southern California present shows on the art of postwar Los Angeles Read More
View ArticleComic Relief
The boundary between fine art and graphic novels has grown increasingly porous Read More
View ArticleBiting the Hand That Feeds Them
A growing number of artists are poking fun at art-world inequities in their work—even as they participate in the system they critique Read More
View ArticleA Scene Grows in Brooklyn
Artists by the hundreds have been flocking to Bushwick, a working-class neighborhood just east of trendy Williamsburg. Curators, collectors, and dealers are following Read More
View ArticleSeeing Red at MoMA
The museum sanctions a "Communist Tour" of the Diego Rivera show--and more Read More
View ArticleLost in LA: TV Show Inspires an Art Show
An exhibition riffs on ideas related to displacement, loss, and other themes related to the popular television series Read More
View ArticleWeird Science: Biotechnology as Art Form
Tissue cultures, genetic modification, bacterial colonies. Over the last decade, more and more artists have been giving up the studio in favor of the laboratory Read More
View ArticlePainting the Sun and Sculpting Fog
San Francisco’s beloved Exploratorium moves to a new facility filled with site-specific artworks that help viewers analyze and understand the world Read More
View ArticleWhy 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
View ArticleThe New World of Net Art
Facebook, Tumblr, Instagram, Vine, and other platforms are the jumping-off point for artists who blur the line between the virtual and the real Read More
View ArticleLights, Camera, Vezzoli
Exhibitions in Rome, New York, and Los Angeles celebrate the cinematic spoofs of Francesco Vezzoli Read More
View ArticleReshooting ‘Pulp Fiction’ as Art
In her show at SculptureCenter, Agnieszka Kurant weaves together roles that have been edited out of the final versions of well-known movies Read More
View ArticleHow the Art of Social Practice Is Changing the World, One Row House at a Time
Social practice is going mainstream as more artists focus their work on making an impact on problems like homelessness and pollution. But the question of how to judge activist art remains elusive Read...
View ArticleWhat Would You Ask Your Favorite Contemporary Cartoonists?
Charles Burns, Daniel Clowes, Alison Bechdel, and other comic artists reveal tricks of the trade in a new book Read More
View ArticleAre U.S. Art Museums Finally Taking Latin American Art Seriously?
When it comes to museum shows, the largest ethnic minority in the country has come a long way--maybe Read More
View ArticleSaving Frida Kahlo From Her Own Celebrity
Scholars and artists are trying to reclaim Kahlo’s art from the cult of personality that has surrounded her since her death. A new exhibition at the MCA in Chicago aims to put the emphasis back on her...
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