It was 1978, and I was sitting in the first row of a medium-size classroom at the Rhode Island School of Design. RISD was a good school. We had a robust lineup of speakers. Mostly they were painters, sometimes there was a sculptor, always they were men listing their...
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Düsseldorf Delight: actsofpostvandalism 3 @ freibad Düsseldorf by Peter Michalski
Ok, hierbij een klein postje van afgelopen weekend-expo in Düsseldorf: actsofpostvandalism deel 3 @ Freibad Dusseldorf by Peter Michalski (de man behind HOOD projects) Eerder jaren organiseerde Michalski een 3-weekenden en een 2 weekenden durende postvandalism...
Bohemian Rhapsody heads Top 2000 again as 1970s dominate
Th’s year’s Top 2000, NPO Radio 2’s annual countdown of the Netherlands’ all-time favourite songs, reveals few changes in the...
The Best New York City Exhibitions of 2025
It's been a big year in New York City — and not just because we (thankfully) got a new mayor. New and updated museums are everywhere you turn: The Studio Museum in Harlem is back and better than ever after a seven-year sabbatical, and the Frick’s spent some of its...
A Guerrilla Artist’s Latest Project? Game the Billboard Charts With an Album Made by 100,000 People
Editor’s note: This story is an edition of Link Rot, a bi-weekly column by Shanti Escalante-De Mattei that explores the intersections of art, technology, and the internet. The plan? To steal the number one spot on the Billboard music charts using the power of the...
Water Leak at Louvre Museum Damages Hundreds of Books
It seems like the only way the Musée du Louvre can catch a break these days is through its pipes, after a water leak that damaged hundreds of books on-site came to light this weekend. Following the revelation of water damage underscoring the urgent need for the...
Datebook: The Art World’s Winter Happenings to Add to Your Calendar
The Soundscape of Genocide in Gaza
Over the past two years, the people of Gaza have been exposed to the sounds of bombs, drones, explosions, destruction, and sirens. These human-made sounds of terror have stood at the center of at least two of the United Nation Children's Fund’s campaigns and are...
Matisse Prints Stolen From Brazil Library in Broad Daylight
Thieves in Brazil snatched 13 artworks from a municipal library in São Paulo on Sunday, December 7, including eight engravings by French painter Henri Matisse and five works by Brazilian artist Candido Portinari, as initially reported by local outlet Globo. A...








