"It's film! Film! 16 mm film!" Tacita Dean shouted from the front row of So Percussion's performance at The Fabric Workshop in Philadelphia, a few Saturdays ago.
French artist Xavier Veilhan sometimes draws comparisons to Jeff Koons for his brightly colored, radically simplified sculptures. Both deal with monumentality and both locate their imagery within a type of popular, or collective imagination.
French artist Mathilde Roussel has created a series of living grass installations that take the shape of human beings. These ephemeral sculptures, mad...
Los Angeles artist Patssi Valdez has gained international attention in the last few years, primarily from her early performance work as a member of the group Asco.
The Board of Trustees at the University of Pennsylvania appointed Dr. William Edward Burghardt Du Bois Honorary Emeritus Professor of Sociology and Africana Studies on February 17th 2012. This short video captures the day's activities.
Luis Gispert is a Cuban American artist working in Brooklyn. His upcoming exhibition "All Oyster, No Pearl" combines elements of photography, sculptur...
Are you ready to stay up all night? For one night only, February 25, the city of Montreal turns into a living gallery, performance space and carnival....
Buoyant and colorful, these deceptively pleasant pieces provide a glimpse into Korean creativity. Curator Wonsil Kim provides some much needed answers about the event.
Tofer's work is beautifully controlled and chaotic at the same time. He comes from a graphic street art sensibility but his language is sublimely mathematical and calculated, metaphorically and physically.
San Francisco's beloved Bay Bridge is about to turn 75, and for this milestone birthday the city wanted something big. In the tradition of many great ...
Waiting for the cable guy isn't just frustrating, it is also extremely expensive: A new survey has found that waiting longer than usual for in-home se...
On the occasion of the Louise Bourgeois exhibition at Fondation Beyeler, the museum is showing the artist's famous sculpture Maman. This video documen...
When French homegoods company IDM said they wanted their new kitchenware collection to be "big," they weren't kidding. The retailers hired street thea...
As a poet, I naturally find words, sounds, images, and phrases inspiring. Equally, I adore technology, and how it allows me to further play with pace, tone, and concept. I often make video poems, and thought I'd share one with you this week.
United by a love for niche art and a penchant for drawing wacky pictures while binge drinking, Le Gun have come a long way in their almost ten year pe...
Isaac Julien, a groundbreaking filmmaker and member of the Creative Caribbean Network has proved once more to be the supreme capturer of cultural identities and narrator of seemingly undisclosed histories.
Every junkie would agree. The destructive effect of the installation is emotionally and psychologically compelling. I could not wait to get the hell out of there.
From animated female super hero identities to landscapes made of denim and imaginary photographs of real places, Korean contemporary artists are grapp...
A shimmering combination of Brancusian shapes, swarm robotics and corporate ceiling design, the new installation by British design firm Troika is an i...