Thousands of colorful murals adorn the building façades of Buenos Aires, charting the city’s history of sports, politics, and activism. This graffiti, which started as a subversive protest of the nation’s military dictatorship in the 70s and 80s...
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Thousands of colorful murals adorn the building façades of Buenos Aires, charting the city’s history of sports, politics, and activism. This graffiti, which started as a subversive protest of the nation’s military dictatorship in the 70s and 80s...
The past few decades have seen the invigoration of digital artists whose works have expanded to new frontiers due to grand achievements in information accessibility. Yet the dream of cyberspace for artists is ending—or so you might think. Generativ...
The past few decades have seen the invigoration of digital artists whose works have expanded to new frontiers due to grand achievements in information accessibility. Yet the dream of cyberspace for artists is ending—or so you might think. Generativ...
What do you see in this painting? Do you see the aerial view of a sprawling neighborhood? Vintage cameras stacked one on top of the other? Or a labyrinth? Though this painting is evidently a work of abstract art devoid of realistic depict...
What do you see in this painting? Do you see the aerial view of a sprawling neighborhood? Vintage cameras stacked one on top of the other? Or a labyrinth? Though this painting is evidently a work of abstract art devoid of realistic depict...
Stories of valiant archeologists who discover and expropriate ancient and powerful artifacts out of dangerous locales have long captured public imagination. Be it Indiana Jones or Laura Croft, the heroes often encounter violent insurgent groups that ...
Stories of valiant archeologists who discover and expropriate ancient and powerful artifacts out of dangerous locales have long captured public imagination. Be it Indiana Jones or Laura Croft, the heroes often encounter violent insurgent groups that ...
Museums are often seen as celebrations of culture and collective memory, but their colonialist histories and racist practices are seldom discussed. A wave of movements to “decolonize museums” has gained traction in recent years, sweeping through ...
Museums are often seen as celebrations of culture and collective memory, but their colonialist histories and racist practices are seldom discussed. A wave of movements to “decolonize museums” has gained traction in recent years, sweeping through ...
Vera Molnár, considered by many scholars and historians to be the world’s first female digital artist, began her career in the mid-1940s. Born in Budapest, Hungary in 1924, Molnár started creating art at eight years old and went on to obtain BFAs...
Vera Molnár, considered by many scholars and historians to be the world’s first female digital artist, began her career in the mid-1940s. Born in Budapest, Hungary in 1924, Molnár started creating art at eight years old and went on to obtain BFAs...
The mission statement of the Tehran Auction–one of Iran’s largest annual art events–proudly refers to a phenomenon that may appear inexplicable in light of current world politics: “the increasing interest in modern and contemporary Ir...
The mission statement of the Tehran Auction–one of Iran’s largest annual art events–proudly refers to a phenomenon that may appear inexplicable in light of current world politics: “the increasing interest in modern and contemporary Ir...
The #MeToo movement that has swept through Hollywood has begun to enter new cultural spheres, most recently making its way into the world of fine art. Perhaps the most prominent example is the six women who have come forward to accuse celebrated arti...
The #MeToo movement that has swept through Hollywood has begun to enter new cultural spheres, most recently making its way into the world of fine art. Perhaps the most prominent example is the six women who have come forward to accuse celebrated arti...
Amidst a flurry of sexual misconduct accusations against famous portrait artist Chuck Close, the National Gallery of Art in Washington D.C. has decided to indefinitely postpone a Chuck Close exhibition that was in the books, while Seattle Universit...
Amidst a flurry of sexual misconduct accusations against famous portrait artist Chuck Close, the National Gallery of Art in Washington D.C. has decided to indefinitely postpone a Chuck Close exhibition that was in the books, while Seattle Universit...
Since October of last year, all five boroughs of NYC have been taken-over with more than 300 works by beloved Chinese artist Ai Weiwei in a project called “Good Fences Make Good Neighbors.” Anchoring the works is an installation of a large cage p...
Since October of last year, all five boroughs of NYC have been taken-over with more than 300 works by beloved Chinese artist Ai Weiwei in a project called “Good Fences Make Good Neighbors.” Anchoring the works is an installation of a large cage p...
Vanessa German’s signature sculptures, or “contemporary power figures”, charge in like an army of truth, sorrow and resilience; standing upon the streets of the historically black neighborhood of Homewood, Pittsburgh, they wear the stories of a...
Vanessa German’s signature sculptures, or “contemporary power figures”, charge in like an army of truth, sorrow and resilience; standing upon the streets of the historically black neighborhood of Homewood, Pittsburgh, they wear the stories of a...
No other ancient artifact has been the subject of more intense, decades-long international debate than the Elgin Marbles. Since the 1980s the Greek government has in a spirit of nationalism argued for the repatriation of these classical masterpieces ...
No other ancient artifact has been the subject of more intense, decades-long international debate than the Elgin Marbles. Since the 1980s the Greek government has in a spirit of nationalism argued for the repatriation of these classical masterpieces ...