An illuminating program of experimental work from across Australia and the Asia Pacific, Performance Space has revealed the 2019 Liveworks Festival of Experimental Art, which takes place at …
Institutions and artists are under pressure to probe the origins of their support
My latest essay is up at Art Times:The holy grail of New York theater is a rave review in the New York Times. It doesn't guarantee success (and a pan doesn't guarantee failure), but a …
Charles Desmarais: "As important as the Arnautoff murals are, as art and as American history, the issues raised by the attempt to destroy or obscure them are larger than this single controve…
"I turned the essay in at the end of June, substantially the same as what appears here. A regretful Folio Society editor told me that Marvel Comics (evidently the co-publisher of the book) i…
How long can this last? "This market brings together two groups who normally don't socialize: critics and collectors. There are the exotic-seeming rich people, as any reader of Henry James w…
In Brisbane, the Trace show is taking art to bakeries, luggage repair shops, and mechanic shops. The point? To "democratize" the art. " The Guardian (UK)
This week in comics news: "Cartoonist Art Spiegelman, who won a Pulitzer Prize for his graphic novel Maus, withdrew his introduction to a new Marvel comics collection after its publisher …
The cartoonist's essay about the rise of superheroes is online, and he makes his opinion clear: "International fascism again looms large (how quickly we humans forget " study these golden ag…
Rebecca Biscuit and Louise Mothersole's latest show started off exploring Brexit, then turned darker. No wonder they hand beer to the audience and down shots on stage To try and win the lott…
The South African-owned chain has shown a long-running and deep-seated support for art and artists
"What mobile AR adds is the ability to changefocus by actively moving around a simulated object in real space. The technology wants you to do that. So it may just not be the ideal way to exp…
When Kyle Heikkila was a child, his grandfather called him "bear."
Collectors and galleries prepare to move works overseas to reduce cost and hassle
Those who prefer theatre that takes formal risks, comments on pressing societal concerns and pushes the art form in new directions will likely find it hard to invest much in 'Art,' writes Ka…
"Artist studios get filled up pretty quickly," he said. "And people are getting priced out." " Artsy
The person who gave that quote actually meant it. Tim Jonze talks to three professional figure models about the worst and best parts of their jobs. " The Guardian
 Arabesque: "One of the basic poses in ballet, arabesque takes its name from a form of Moorish ornament. In ballet it is a position of the body, in profile, supported on one leg, which c…
So many of the metaphors which we use to describe art are biological in nature, from calling a work "my baby" to William S. Burroughs' contention about language's viral nature. How some peop…
Used to thinking in 3D, choreographers are now experimenting with virtual reality to dazzling effect
Among the items imported from the People's Republic that will be subject to import duties as of Sept. 1 are "paintings, drawings, engraving, prints and lithographs, sculptures and statuary o…
Melbourne International Arts Festival has announced the seven new artist commissions and one re-creation of an original art tram to be transformed into eight major mobile artworks on the cit…
In a 4-3 decision that's likely to satisfy no one, the board elected to cover the Life of Washington mural without destroying it. The estimated cost: $875,000. Wouldn't that money be better …
Reflecting on the contretemps over the Life of Washington murals at a San Francisco high school as well as the decision by one small Northern California museum to sell much of its art and an…
"A self-described 'instinctive scholar,' Takis" " né Panayiotis Vassilakis " "worked primarily in plaster and wrought iron before becoming fascinated by magnetism, electricity and sound " a…