Social Justice on Display: Protest Art at the Democratic Convention
Gun violence, police abuse, and feminism loom large in pop-up art exhibit at DNC
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On Frida Kahlo's Birthday, Check Out Her "Self-Portrait with Stalin"
This is a reminder that creative geniuses are often unbelievably stupid and useless when it comes to politics and morality.
Artist Censors Anti-war Mural to Appease 'Triggered' Student
At Pitzer College, offense trumps art.
Museum of Drug Policy Pops Up in New York For U.N. Special Session on "World Drug Problem"
Unlike the feckless diplomats a few blocks away, artists presented a clear and devastating picture of the global war on drugs.
Friday A/V Club: The Media Pranks of Joey Skaggs
Try to live every day like it's April Fool's Day.
This Is Your Last Weekend to See the National Gallery's Power and Pathos Exhibition
What ancient art says about 21st-century America.
Peter Bagge on Mad, Hate, Art School, Urban Legends, and His Feminist Semi-Fans
Vice interviews the legendary libertarian cartoonist.
You Can Now Step Inside a Salvador Dalí Painting Thanks to VR
Virtual reality is being used to enhance the art experience.
Greek Bronzes and the Rise of Artistic Realism: Power and Pathos Exhibition
What rare Hellenistic statues tell us about the ancient world and 21st-century America.
Dutch Museum Renames Historic Paintings With More Politically Correct Names
PC hysteria: not just for Americans!
'The Court Has Listened to Hip Hop for Decades'
Federal judge uses his Drake and Eminem fandom to dispute copyright infringement claim.
LEGO Won't Provide Bricks for Ai Weiwei's "Political Works," But His Fans Will
Everything is not awesome when it comes to subversive reappropriation of colored plastic bricks to protest authoritarianism.
Friday A/V Club: The Totalitarian Hand
An aging Eastern European animator's protest against Stalinism
Is It Unethical for Caucasians to Cook Chinese Food?
The pernicious silliness of cultural appropriation censorship.
Science Works: And The Deaf Hear Video
Art was the first neurotechnology: A feel-good video to start your weekend
Ai Weiwei's Upcoming London Exhibition Will Have Everything But the Dissident Artist Himself
The celebrated Chinese artist was denied a business visa by the British government.
Defending Rihanna From the New Culture Police
Her "Bitch Better Have My Money" video is a slick, seven-minute slice of all of Rihanna's glorious pop toxicity-and that's "problematic."
Hunger for Fascism
Al Pacino withdraws from a play, and from the dark side of the Avant-Garde.
With Liberty and Drag For All! What We Saw at RuPaul's First Ever DragCon
Drag is finding a mainstream audience.
Edward Snowden Statue's Co-Creator Talks With Reason About Political Art, 3D Printing, and Going Legitimate
Artists wanted to "draw a parallel between what Snowden was fighting for and the ideals that the American revolutionaries were fighting for."
Taking Comics to the People
Artists are using new platforms to bypass gatekeepers and grow the comic book industry.
Fifty Shades of WTF
Everybody hates E.L. James' bondage fantasy except for hundreds of millions of readers and moviegoers. Maybe, just maybe, the fans are onto something.
Killer or Artist? Why Rap is on Trial.
Prosecutors' use of rap videos and lyrics as evidence is chilling artistic speech.
Fooling the Cameras
Leo Selvaggio plans to confound the world's surveillance systems by distributing lifelike masks of his own face.
