Contemporary Art

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Damien Hirst’s Artworks May Leak Formaldehyde Gas

Where does art end and hazard begin?

April 21, 2016

This Massive Installation in an Austin Park Is Made of Over a Million Feet of Recycled Lobster Rope

“Hurlyburly” is artist Orly Genger’s latest woven creation

March 11, 2016

Cool Finds

This Twitter Account Turns Emojis Into Gallery Art

Tiny pictures, high art?

February 24, 2016

Visit New York’s Guggenheim Museum Without Leaving Your House

It’s easier than ever to immerse yourself in the iconic, Frank Lloyd Wright-designed museum

January 25, 2016

Urban Explorations

An Abandoned Island Now Glows Star-Bright Under a New Constellation

Artist Melissa McGill creates a luminous public art project above a ruined castle on a mysterious piece of land in the Hudson River

June 26, 2015

Urban Explorations

Whistler’s Peacock Room is Reimagined in a State of Oozing and Broken Decay

In Filthy Lucre, a new installation at the Sackler Gallery, artist Darren Waterston deconstructs Whistler’s masterpiece

June 5, 2015

Want to See the New Massive Portrait on the National Mall? Go Up

The project, made of soil and sand, will cover five acres between the Lincoln Memorial and World War II Memorial

October 2014

Why is Ai Weiwei Breaking Into Alcatraz?

China’s most controversial artist selected America’s most notorious prison as the home for his new show

October 2014

Artist on the Rise

Contemporary artist Maggie Michael shakes up abstract painting by giving control a chance

March 31, 2007