Are NFTs Dumb, a Scam, or Secretly Useful?
Non-fungible tokens for art can seem a lot like Tulipmania. But distinct digital tokens have real use cases for things like online address management.
Non-fungible tokens for art can seem a lot like Tulipmania. But distinct digital tokens have real use cases for things like online address management.
Reason was the anti-establishment brainchild of a brilliant but erratic 20-year-old student who lived with his mother and drove a delivery van for a living.
The pilot program intended to assist the city's arts community during the pandemic is drawing both interest and criticism from proponents of unconditional cash transfers.
Irate employees of the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art said the removal of Gary Garrels was "non-negotiable."
Kehinde Wiley's pre-presidential works criticized inequalities and hierarchies of power. His presidential portrait doesn't do the same.
The real motive for laws like this has nothing to do with scissors and glue. It's all about protectionism.
"It's a disservice to undergrads," said one student.
The editors of the left-wing magazine Jacobin and MAGA-loving artist Jon McNaughton don't let reality intrude on their hero worship.
After a three-year freedom of information campaign, everyone can finally see the Egyptian Museum of Berlin’s official scan of the Bust of Nefertiti.
As his $159 million new movie, The Irishman, hits theaters, the legendary director avers today is "brutal and inhospitable to art."
Owners painted the house bright pink and added two funny emojis after neighbors complained about illegal Airbnb rentals.
New Orleans can't use zoning regulations to decide what counts as artistic expression.
So a district court held today.
A city official even vouched for Sheefy McFly, but police arrested him for resisting.
The artist wanted students to learn about Washington's flaws. How traumatizing.
The People v. Lawrence Ferlinghetti explains how America embraced free speech—and how we're ready to throw it away.
Today it's creators, not cops, who want to banish R. Crumb, onetime king of the comics underground.
The online fashion magazine warns readers that Strange Planet's Nathan Pyle is maybe pro-life and "we should be more careful with what we're sharing."
Cosimo Cavallaro tackles a wedge issue.
Paul Cadmus's Herrin Massacre is "The Painting Our Art Critic Can't Stop Thinking About." If only he'd thought harder.
The cartoonist talks about being libertarian, why Marvel is OK with "serums" but not drugs, and how comic books have evolved over the past 30 years.
Jesse Walker's speech at the Metropolitan Museum of Art
And there's nothing the town can do to stop him.
The topic: art and conspiracy
A giant straw would actually pose fewer environmental risks than standard-sized varieties.
Republicans are comparing the band to Kathy Griffin.
"Free speech and free expression have simply never existed in China or in its artist communities."
In a settlement reached Tuesday night, two residents of Mount Dora, Florida, will receive $15,000 and permission to keep their Van Gogh-inspired paint job.
ACLU steps in to fight zoning regulations that appear to let officials veto art based on content.
How can a company be expected to arbitrate "fake news" when it can't even tell ancient artifacts from porn?
One bright spot in Donald Trump's very bad, very insane budget plan is his willingness to cut taxpayer-funded culture.
Illinois and Texas think biometric identifiers are a lawsuit waiting to happen.
Parents complained about postcards that were part of an educational set kept in the school library.
Friday A/V Club: The con man as artist and the artist as con man
The famed artist has a new public art project going up in New York City, which coincides with his debut feature film, Human Flow.
But guess what happens whenever art gets in the way of one of his developments?
Taking them down and putting up different statues is a reminder that in understanding the past, we shape the future.
Madison won't be the first town to do this.
Good job, internet liberals, you got huge clothing conglomerate to stop selling one of its few works benefiting indie creators!