Diary
Getting high with JFK
Teenagers in California’s Coachella Valley have found a creative way of “engaging” with the art on view at Desert X
Taking the alphabet by the horns
Rarely is an instrumental concert as visually exciting as it is aurally, but that was the case at the Darmstadt Ensemble’s quirky recent performance
El Hanani, quickest on the draw in SoHo
For nearly half a century, Jacob El Hanani has been composing obsessively detailed drawings using a Rapidograph pen, typically employed by architects
Draw your own conclusions
Fill in the blanks of art crimes solved and unsolved with two new adult colouring books
Street artist Banksy up in arms about arms
The event Art the Arms featured other artist-activists such as the Guerrilla Girls and Peter Kennard
Storage wars in the Lower East Side
The conceptual artist Aaron Flint Jamison caused a stir last month when he decided that for his solo exhibition at Miguel Abreu Gallery he would show only works in the gallery’s storage
A Syrian in space
The astronaut Muhammed Faris was hailed a national hero in 1987 after accompanying a Soviet crew on a trip to the Mir space station
Ofili adds restaurant design to his CV
To celebrate its 50th birthday this year, the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago has given itself a gift as part of a building redesign: a new restaurant
