The innovative lensman on his latest “photograms and ma.r.s” series, as well as his formative influences and where he’s going next
Art
Balance: Held Together by a Feather
Artist Maedir Eugster usually performs his balancing act in front of a crowd under spectacular, colored lights with the Rigolo Swiss Nouveau Cirque. But when photographer Tobias Hutzler saw the performance, he visualized a …
Big Air Package: Christo’s Heavenly Installation Unveiled in Germany
It is the artist’s first work since Jeanne-Claude, his wife and collaborator, died
Brave New World: Exploring the Future of Museums
In the post-millennial age, does the traditional role of a museum still hold? New York City’s Museum of Arts and Design dives into what a museum could become in its new exhibition
TIME Turns 90: The Fine Art of the Red Border, from Warhol to Lichtenstein
TIME covers have been painted, collaged, sculpted and transformed by some of the world’s most distinguished artists, from Man Ray to Shepard Fairey. Herewith, a portfolio of some of their most memorable work
The Creative Mind: Q&A with Yarnbombing Artist Olek
Winning the art world over one crochet stitch at a time
Saving Cork Street: Is London’s Historic Art District Under Threat?
Plans for a multimillion-dollar development that will see several of the galleries on the road having to leave means the character and future of Cork street is under threat, say those campaigning to preserve it
Harvard Uses 3-D Printing to Replicate Ancient Statue
3-D printing may be the wave of the future, but the technique—which is shaking up how architects, scientists, arms manufacturers and countless others go about their trade—will also now redeem the past
Damien Hirst Brings His Famous Spots to the Brit Award Statuettes
This year’s Brit Award winners will bring home trophies that double as works of art
Backpack of Pills: Damien Hirst and the Olsens Design a $55,000 Bag
The backpack, as head-scratching of a piece of art as it is, is a relatively faithful representation of both his and the twins’ aesthetics
Scandinavian Subversives: Elmgreen & Dragset On Show at Louis Vuitton
Six installations highlight the wry humor and psychologically-charged art for which the duo is known
According to What? The Ai Weiwei Retrospective in Washington D.C.
The show takes its name from a 1964 Jasper Johns work and explores the controversial Chinese artist-activist’s attempts to make art a way of looking at the world—and challenging its authorities—rather than accumulating artifacts
A Marriage Plot: Love and Art in Beijing
Husband-and-wife photographers RongRong and Inri set the agenda for a tour of art districts in China’s capital city