Lindsay Lohan Gets Special Visit From Oprah And Lupita Nyong'o At Her London...
It's one thing for a fellow celebrity or friend to show up to support your new play. It's an entirely different, amazing thing when that person happens to be Oprah Winfrey. Lindsay Lohan got a special...
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'Puddle, Pothole, Portal' Brings Animation's Absurdity To The Art World
You know that moment where Wile E. Coyote, in pursuit of Road Runner, runs right off a cliff and, for just a second before he falls, hovers there, levitating in thin air, warping the laws of time and...
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This Amazing Contemporary Photography Project Is Devoted Entirely To Cats
When Jon Feinstein, co-founder of Humble Arts Foundation, sat down to name his cat-themed photography show, a few titles sprung to mind. "I Got 99 Cat Photos and a Bitch Ain’t One"? "These Cat Photos...
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The Glamorous History Of Pin-Up Like You've Never Seen It Before
In "The Art of Pin-up," Dian Hanson describes a pin-up simply as a "provocative but never explicit image of an attractive woman created specifically for public display in a male environment." But this...
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Playful Photos Capture What It Actually Looks Like To Be A Nun Today
When we imagine the life of a nun, we imagine scenes of reverent prayer, humble wisdom and constant piety. We don't really conjure images of, say, trying to mow the lawn when a dog obnoxiously gets in...
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How To 'Gird Up Your Loins' In The Most Biblical Sense: An Artist's...
"Gird up now thy loins like a man; for I will demand of thee, and answer thou me." The above passage from Job 38:3 is just one of several references in the Bible to "girding up one's loins" -- a...
View Article'Who We Become' Documentary Examines The Transgender Journey Beyond The...
A new documentary aims to examine the challenges many transgender people face aside from the transitioning process after coming to terms with their identity. Produced in partnership with the Bronx...
View ArticleAlison Bechdel Explains The Effect Art Spiegelman's Had On Graphic Novels
Alison Bechdel's graphic novel "Fun Home" earned praise from critics for the way it conveyed the moving narrative of growing up with a closeted father, as well as the author's own coming out process,...
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'Lowrider Piñata' Encompasses The Beauty And Violence Of Latino Culture In...
This story is one in a series of four profiles on unknown American artists, selected for an exhibit at the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art (click here to explore the full series). Crystal...
View ArticleMany Humans Involved: 'Tales Of The Grim Sleeper' Offers Complex Look At...
There's only one way to look at "Tale of the Grim Sleeper," and that's grimly. The new documentary, which is screening as part of this year's New York Film Festival, tells the harrowing story of a...
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Sasha Grey Might Be The Most Sexually Liberated Woman In Hollywood, But She's...
The nude photo leaks are a strange thing for Sasha Grey, who is currently promoting a new film, "Open Windows," about criminal voyeurism. She has become a role model for sex positivity, especially as...
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The ‘Mom Booth' Turns Real-Life Mothers Into Performance Art
This story is one in a series of four profiles on unknown American artists, selected for an exhibit at the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art (click here to explore the full series). Crystal...
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This Sculptor Is Using Trash To Inspire One Of Pittsburgh's Toughest...
This story is one in a series of four profiles on unknown American artists, selected for an exhibit at the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art (click here to explore the full series). Crystal...
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Japanese-Born Artist Brings Fantasies To Life In Enormous, Paper-Cut...
This story is one in a series of four profiles on unknown American artists, selected for an exhibit at the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art (click here to explore the full series). Crystal...
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Bloomberg Politics Is Doing Error Pages So, So Right
From time to time, everyone takes a wrong turn on the Internet and lands unhappily on an error page. In this case, there's nothing unhappy about it: the error pages at Bloomberg Politics, which...
View ArticleThis Beauty Vlogger Is Hard Of Hearing, And She's Stepping Up Her Game On...
Rikki Poynter may have begun her YouTube career as a beauty vlogger, but her work on camera has recently broadened to include an issue that's close to her heart. In honor of September's Deaf Awareness...
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Recall the famous New Yorker cover “View of the World from 9th Avenue,” by Saul Steinberg. All of America is shown from the vantage point of western Manhattan. In the distance lies the country’s West...
View ArticleCopeland's 'Disjointed' Is The Perfect Song For The Changing Of Seasons
After Copeland's reunion announcement, we finally have the first song from "Ixora," the band's fifth LP, and "Disjointed" proves the band hasn't lost any of their magic over the last six years. A...
View Article'We Have Allowed Community Colleges To Become Separate And Unequal' (VIDEO)
Vladimir de Jesus is an art major at LaGuardia Community College in New York City. After six years in school, he still doesn't yet have an associate's degree. In a new mini-documentary, the New York...
View ArticleMarian Seldes Dead At 86, Was Acting Coach And Tony Award-Winning Star Of 'A...
NEW YORK (AP) — Actress Marian Seldes, the Tony Award-winning star of "A Delicate Balance" who was a teacher of Kevin Kline and Robin Williams, a muse to playwright Edward Albee and a Guinness Book of...
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