Museum Pays Artists to Investigate the Social Value of Partying
Nightlife is integral to the social identity of a city — it’s a large part of any creative community. Recognizing the important role the city’s nightlife has in the art community, the New York Museum...
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Artist Ai Weiwei’s Arrest Shows How Much China Fears Revolution
For awhile, it seemed like Chinese artist Ai Weiwei had a free pass when it came to criticizing the Chinese government. Sure, he toed the line between human rights activist and artist, but he was also...
View ArticleGlowing Sculptures Show Complex Web of Wi-Fi Around Us (Video)
Sometimes we don’t really realize how inundated we are with technology until someone comes along and shows us. Out in Norway, Timo Arnall, Jorn Knutsen, and Einar Sneve Martinussen from the Oslo...
View ArticleControversial Native-American Art Exhibit Forces Cultural Dialogue
Controversies in the art world can result with a greater cultural understanding, even if the discussion begins with cultural ignorance. The 2005 Jyllands-Posten Muhammed cartoons were met with a fierce...
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Robot Companions, Third Ears, and Human Pollinators: The Future According to...
The Science Gallery at Trinity College in Dublin, Ireland has opened its newest exhibition: HUMAN+, which explores the way engineering advancements may affect our collective future and redefine how we...
View ArticleGuns + Art = Peace?
The Art of Peace Charitable Trust and the NYPD have recently teamed up to stop crime in a novel way –through art. Out of the melted remains of guns that NYPD has confiscated over the years will come...
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A Mushroom Death-Suit For the Environment And Your Psyche
Inventor and artist Jae Rhim Lee wants humans to rethink their relationship with death, and make it a healthier one. She believes the phenomenon of cultural death denial keeps us out of touch with what...
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Local Garbage Remade Into Elegant Art
Just a couple of days ago, I biked past a box-spring that was put on the curb for its final journey to the dump; I quipped that someone should take that home with them. Little did I know — if I was...
View ArticleThe truly immense value of public art
The value of public art is massive, and not in a generalized or ambiguous way. Planetizen, via Urban Land: At [LA's] Wilshire Vermont Station images of murals painted by environmental artist April...
View ArticleThe singularity art of Jonty Hurwitz
The art of Jonty Hurwitz is more than forward-looking.
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