Art

“The pursed lips seize the candy and release it laboriously into the oral cavity, where it is finally received by the tongue with expectant twists. Sweetness unfolds, opens out into a small, flattering O, and has soon transformed the mouth into a sweet, stickily and greedily pulsating ball that absorbs more and more as it expands. One is encircled oneself …

Art is for everyone — or is it? In New York City, ticket prices for some museums and institutions are raising eyebrows. Last week, the Whitney Museum of American Art announced admission hikes for the first time since 2016, bringing general entry tickets from $25 to $30 and senior and student tickets from $18 to $24. The move, which the Whitney …

Duane Linklater, “what grief conjures” (2020), teepee poles, paint, nylon rope, wooden pallet, refrigerator, tie-down straps, hand truck, plastic statue, handmade hoodie, cochineal dye, silkscreen, 249 x 160 x 160 inches (photo by Rachel Topham Photography, courtesy Catriona Jeffries, Vancouver) CHICAGO — Duane Linklater has built a most improbable structure: an enormous tepee that projects out from the wall rather …

Visitors to Brooklyn’s Grand Army Plaza are in for a peculiar sight. (Or not.) For the summer, city officials have covered the Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Memorial Arch with a massive white cloak while it undergoes some much-needed repairs. The $9 million restoration of the triumphal arch and the Bailey Fountain began in early May, but only this month has the …

Homo sapiens have long looked down on Neanderthals as the less sophisticated side of the family, but in the latest piece of evidence to the contrary, a team of scientists say they have identified the oldest intentional — and non-utilitarian — markings made by Neanderthals, found in the La Roche-Cotard cave in central France. Jean-Claude Marquet of France’s Université de Tours led …

Moving to Chicago, for this native New Yorker, was confusing at times. How come the trains stop running at 1am? Why is the pizza so thick? Must we call them speed “humps”? But when the warm weather finally came along, these vexing questions promptly disappeared. Chicago, I would argue, is the best American city during summer. A cool plunge in …

Climate activists made a splash in the overcast Hamptons last weekend when they gathered outside the Parrish Art Museum to denounce alleged financiers of our environmental downfall. With support from the Shinnecock Nation, organizers from Planet Over Profit (POP) and New York Communities for Change (NYCC) joined forces on Saturday, July 15 to protest during the museum’s annual midsummer benefit, …

 Art Photography Science #algae #Danny Newman and Roo Vandegrift #fungi #mushrooms July 17, 2023 Kate Mothes Marasmius. All images © Danny Newman, shared with permission Scientists believe that less than 4% percent of the world’s fungi have been documented, which adds up to only 150,000 species described out of an estimated 2.2-3.8 million worldwide. Mycologists Danny Newman and Roo …

 Art #Eva Fàbregas #installation #sculpture #site-specific July 17, 2023 Grace Ebert All photos by Jacopo La Forgia, courtesy of Eva Fàbregas, National Museums in Berlin, and Hamburger Bahnhof–National Gallery of the Present Bulbous, biomorphic sculptures in lavender, tangerine, and blush pink rove throughout the airy Hamburger Bahnhof in Berlin. The largest solo exhibition to date of Barcelona-born artist Eva Fàbregas, …

We’re thrilled to be returning to Los Angeles to present Printed Matter’s LA Art Book Fair (LAABF) — our first time back since 2019! Along with the annual NY Art Book Fair, this event is a leading international gathering for the distribution of artists’ books, celebrating the full breadth of the art publishing community. Taking place at the Geffen Contemporary …