A Star-Studded Dinner with Frank Stella

A Star-Studded Dinner with Frank Stella

Frank Stella has had a huge impact on the world of modern art—so much so, in fact, that he’s the subject of a new exhibit at the de Young Museum of Art in San Francisco. The exhibit began its life at the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth and will be staying at de Young...
Doomocracy: The Election-Themed Haunted House

Doomocracy: The Election-Themed Haunted House

Pedro Reyes considers haunted houses to be a slice of American folk art—a seasonal display that every town and city in the country puts on for their own entertainment. Reyes, an artist with a history of social cynicism, is excited about the haunted house show...
Sculpture Artist Honors Ferry Sunk by Octopus

Sculpture Artist Honors Ferry Sunk by Octopus

The monument is a modest one, as disaster memorials tend to be; a chest-high marble plinth topped by an evocative bronze sculpture of the event itself cast in rich detail and fronted by an informational plaque. It’s dedicated to the 1963 sinking of the Staten...
Guggenheim Museum Presents… A Solid Gold Toilet

Guggenheim Museum Presents… A Solid Gold Toilet

In 1917, Marcel Duchamp flipped a urinal on its back, signed it with a pseudonym, and called it art. Or perhaps a collaborator of his did, stories differ. The Society of Independent Artists declined to display the piece in their annual exhibition, which may have been...
National Museum of the American Indian

National Museum of the American Indian

Last Friday, the Obama administration ordered an immediate halt on the Dakota Access Pipeline, marking a major (albeit temporary) victory for Native Americans. But if there’s one thing that the Dakota Access Pipeline proves, it’s that Native Americans are still being...