Despite utilizing new online platforms, there’s a deep, arcane sort of Old World sense to Minneapolis-based artist Brittney Sabo’s comics.

Sheila Heti’s 2005 essay “Stealing Glances” could easily provide captions for Alec Soth’s new body of work, Songbook: “When we look and look away, we reveal what we want—communion, citizenry—and what we lack—communion, citizenry.”

Leonard Nimoy has died at age 83. Known globally as the actor behind Star Trek’s Spock, he was also an arts advocate, musician, and photographer. He published several photo books and his photography was featured in a 2010–2011 MASSMOCA show.

When most people see films about diving giraffes, walking houses and misfit toys they think silly and funny, these films also tell deep and profound stories. Each year in March, Free First Saturday hosts a Kids’ Film Festival featuring films from around the world. This is a once a year chance to expose families to […] When most people see films about diving giraffes, walking houses and misfit toys they…

To spark discussion, the Walker invites Twin Cities artists and critics to write overnight reviews of our performances. The ongoing Re:View series shares a diverse array of independent voices and opinions; it doesn’t reflect the views or opinions of the Walker or its curators. Today, artist, DJ, musician, and writer Danny Sigelman shares his perspective on the […] To spark discussion, the Walker invites…

The “essential melancholy” of Alice Neel’s art makes her “a natural candidate to reckon with the Russian classics, those icons of gloom.” For reasons unknown, her illustrations for The Brothers Karamazov, made in the 1930s, have never been published— until now.

Artistic freedom took a hit worldwide last year, according to FreeMuse. It reports a 19% rise in confirmed violations against free artistic expression—from censorship and artist travel bans to outright violence, including three murders, against artists.

During a time when politics have made it difficult for Iranians to share their culture with the world, Parviz Tanavoli serves as “a beacon of light” for aspiring artists in Iran with his graceful and optimistic series of “Heeches.”

By the time the Havana Biennial opens May 22, Tania Bruguera “may still be held on the island facing trumped-up criminal charges.” It could “prove a PR disaster,” writes Christian Viveros-Fauné, for a biennial that’ll highlight “community engagement.”