[ad_1] If two MTA cars collided, the result would be catastrophic. But that’s not so in the latest animation from Argentinian director Fernando Livschitz. Like his previous films that twist the mundane into the bizarre, “Pillow Fight” reimagines ordinary fixtures of the urban landscape as billowing cushions. Yellow taxis, an elevated walkway, and even buildings […]

[ad_1] The J. Paul Getty Museum kicked off its PST ART: Art & Science Collide event series last Sunday, September 15, with a fiery collaboration with Chinese pyrotechnics artist Cai Guo-Qiang at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum. Falling debris from the fireworks struck several attendees during this event, which also induced commotion around the University […]

[ad_1] As children in São Paulo, twin brothers Gustavo and Otavio Pandolfo invented a universe they called Tritrez. The mystical place was home to myriad yellow figures with bulbous heads and lanky bodies and promoted strange, yet friendly, behavior. “Yellow has been a very spiritual color for us since we started drawing,” the pair told […]

[ad_1] Opening this Saturday, September 21, the third iteration of the Toronto Biennial of Art (TBA) aims to acknowledge multiple truths at once. Fittingly titled Precarious Joys, this year’s edition will address the political, environmental, and economic instability of our world, highlighting the grief of living in such a vulnerable time and affirming the need […]

[ad_1] From thin rods of steel, Barcelona-based artist David Moreno (previously) constructs towering houses and cascading villages that reflect the architecture of our lives. He often incorporates anthropomorphic, anatomical elements, suggesting skeletons or beating hearts. For example, “Construcción en cabeza—Cabeza en construcción,” which translates to “head construction—head under construction,” a hillside-like foundation takes the form […]

[ad_1] The second of two bodies buried in lead sarcophagi recovered from beneath the Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris has almost certainly been identified two years after its discovery. Discovered during a preparatory dig to repair the fire-damaged church’s spire, the preserved cadaver is most likely that of French aristocratic poet Joachim du Bellay, who […]

[ad_1] Bryde’s whales—pronounced “broodus”—are part of the baleen family, which includes humpbacks and blue whales. One particularly hungry marine giant was captured by Rafael Fernández Caballero, making him the 2024 Ocean Photographer of the Year (previously). “The image captures perhaps the most special—and craziest—moment of my life,” Caballero says in a statement, reflecting on the […]

[ad_1] Meet UConn’s MFA Studio Art Class of 2027. Working in a broad range of art making, the class features: Dakota Halliburton is from Austin, Texas. She pursued a BFA in Fine Art photography, a minor in Imaging Systems, and immersion in Museum Studies from Rochester Institute of Technology. She is also a deaf photographer […]

[ad_1] Where do we go from here? At a point in history that feels so turbulent and unpredictable, this unresolved question sits at the forefront of many minds. For Freedoms, an artist-led organization channeling its efforts toward creative civic engagement and direct action, is set to release its first-ever monograph, fittingly named after the query. […]

[ad_1] A Michigan art dealer accused of swindling seniors out of $1.6 million in a photography consignment scheme was sentenced to five years and three months in prison on Wednesday, September 11, according to the US Attorney’s Office in Detroit.  Former art dealer Wendy Halsted Beard, 59, allegedly used her fine art gallery in Birmingham […]