‘Humans Belong to a Complex Ecosystem’: Watch Diana Thater Transform a Museum Into an Immersive Underwater Experience
Once condemned, a 15,000-square-foot industrial building on East Boston’s waterfront has been transformed into an otherworldly dimension where dolphins bob…
Michelangelo Mania Rocketed the Metropolitan Museum of Art to Break Its Record for Annual Attendance
Some good news from the Metropolitan Museum of Art after ups and downs with senior management and budgetary woes: Today the…
Take A Better Look At How Audi’s Virtual Mirrors Work
Don’t those displays look at little small to you? One of the weirder aspects to the new Audi E-Tron electric…
How Sculptor Angela de la Cruz Uses Twisted Metal to Explore the Vulnerability of the Body at Lisson Gallery
“I have been thinking about this concept of ‘Bare’ for some time—considering what is open to view, what is exposed,…
Poland’s government sacks a third of its Supreme Court
JUDGES are a pampered caste of crooks, according to Poland’s governing Law and Justice party (PiS). On July 3rd its…
Europe is moving towards the tough immigration policies of Sebastian Kurz
IT WAS all smiles this week as Austria assumed the rotating presidency of the Council of the European Union, one…
Angela Merkel’s flawed deal on migrants
THE drama roiling German politics lately had little to do with the bare facts. Notionally the dispute between Angela Merkel’s…
Europe’s anti-immigrant parties are becoming more gay-friendly
AMID a sea of rainbow flags, Sebastian Tynkkynen sings along to ABBA’s “Dancing Queen” and waves a pro-gay placard. “Christians,…
French vegans are tormenting France’s butchers
THICK, fleshy, severed cow’s tongues, their tips curled neatly on to the butcher’s tray. Skinned whole rabbits, limbs stretched taut…
How Iraq was deprived of its weapons of mass destruction
ROLF EKEUS, a Swedish diplomat, once personified the most sustained effort ever undertaken to deprive a country of weapons of…
North Korea presents nuclear disarmament’s biggest challenge yet
SIEGFRIED HECKER, a professor who used to run America’s nuclear laboratory at Los Alamos, recalls the most recent of the…
Richard Wilson Will Fill the Hayward Gallery With Thousands of Gallons of Oil to Reprise His Most Famous Work This Fall
One of London’s most memorable contemporary art installations is returning to the capital. The work—Richard Wilson’s most famous installation, which…
Will Donald Trump be Triumphant, Tetchy or Torpedo?
FIRST came the fiasco of the G7’s summit last month in Charlevoix, Canada, when President Donald Trump refused to sign…
‘It’s All a Surprise’: Luchita Hurtado Is Enjoying a Star-Making Turn in the Hammer Biennial at the Age of 97
At 97 years old, Luchita Hurtado hardly expected to become one of the breakout stars of “Made in LA 2018” at…