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Faith Ringgold Perfectly Captured the Pitch of America’s Madness
Ringgold’s landmark career was long ignored by the art establishment. But she kept going, mixing the...
Israeli Artist Shuts Biennale Show, Urging Cease-Fire and Hostage Release
Ruth Patir, Israel’s representative at the Venice Biennale, says she won’t open her show in the...
Why the Short-Lived Calvin and Hobbes Is Still One of the Most Beloved & Influential Comic Strips
If you know more than a few millennials, you probably know someone who reveres Calvin and...
New York’s Vessel to reopen with steel-mesh safety measures after suicides
Climbable sculpture in Hudson Yards in Manhattan closed in 2021 after four people died by suicideThe...
Revealed: the picture sneaked by employee into a German gallery
Technician, who hung his own picture in an exhibition about art world glitches, has been sacked...
‘Iconic’ Man Ray image sells for €120,000 at auction of 200 works
Le Violon d’Ingres print produced under artist’s supervision was among friend’s collection auctioned in ParisIt is...
Tech and Tradition in Established Universes: Goldie Returns to Riverdale
Archie Comics writer Goldie Chan's latest comic, "BETTY & VERONICA FRIENDS FOREVER: FAIRY TALES”: ‘The Frumpy...
The Function of Colour in Schools & Hospital
The Function of Colour in Schools & Hospitals, 1930. Just some wonderful illustrations of those things....
50 birds, the exhibition (a custom LEGO letterpress technique)
The Eurasian Wren, the Barn Swallow, the Northern Goshawk, the Little Owl, the Great Tit. Artist...
The Day May Break
Nick Brandt is a photographer working with themes of climate apocalypse. Sink / Rise is chapter...
LXer: Durdraw - ASCII, Unicode and ANSI art editor
Published at LXer: Durdraw is a command-line ASCII, Unicode and ANSI art editor which seeks inspiration...
Why Were So Many Renaissance Portraits Multisided?
The Renaissance portraits that adorn the walls of the world’s museums hold countless secrets: painted-over underdrawings,...
'No meaning, no magic, just the work of it: the work of art'
Adam Moss (Vulture, 04/04/2024), "How'd You Make That? Three masterpieces from glimmer through struggle to breakthrough":...
What is a secret?
In the fall of 2004, Frank came up with an idea for a project. After he...
17 Minutes of Charles Schulz Drawing Peanuts
Anyone can learn to draw the cast of Peanuts, but few can do it every day...
March 31st
Welcome back readers. Thank you to everyone who submitted work to our fansite jam! The jam...
Goethe’s Theory of Colors: The 1810 Treatise That Inspired Kandinsky & Early Abstract Painting
I doubt I need to list for you the many titles of the 18th century German...
Ukrainian sculptor who fled Kyiv accepted into Royal Society of British Artists
Alex Lidagovsky was forced to leave Ukraine with his family when his studio was bombed during...
As Graffiti Moves From Eyesore to Amenity, Landlords Try to Cash In
Brands, developers and even city officials are embracing the global appeal of street art, but the...
The relation between what we see and what we know is never settled
Based on the 1972 BBC series and comprised of 7 essays, 3 of which are entirely...
Opinion | An Idyll on the Shores of a Toxic Lake
The town of Bombay Beach, Calif., offers its residents a tight-knit community in the midst of...
