I'm mainly interested in how systems and laws seem to affect certain people more than others and how this creates alternative economies

Jack Smith is known almost entirely for his playfully risqué film Flaming Creatures (1963); as noted in the pamphlet accompanying Artists Space's exhibition "Art Crust of Spiritual Oasis," the…

Patty Chang's show at the Queens Museum, her most expansive to date, encompassed video, photography, glass sculpture, ephemera, and an artist's book. "The Wandering Lake, 2009–2017" took its name…

Nene Humphrey became interested in the practice of Victorian mourning braiding—in which jewelry and keepsakes were made using the hair of departed loved ones—when coping with the death of her…

Assemble seems to be made up of idealists who want to effect real social change. 

Artists have historically used action as a medium to create fleeting and expressive works, to disrupt typical social behaviors, and as a direct form of protest. 

This year's edition of Migrating Forms offered a program of challenging works that are arguably even more thought-provoking in their strange combination.

The Guardian has just released surveillance video of a 12-year-old Taiwanese boy stumbling and breaking his fall by plunging his fist through a painting at an art exhibition in Taipei. It…

Drawing on her own complex heritage, Tan creates videos that probe shifting notions of selfhood through a mix of historical footage and new portraiture. 

As has been discussed to the point of near-exhaustion, this year's Whitney Biennial of American Art was a stripped-down presentation in tribute to the newfound chastity of our financially- and…