\"Portlandia\'s\" skit might be the first comedy sketch to have a big impact on America\'s buying habits

Konstantin Altunin fled to Paris after police seized his racy painting of the Russian president and prime minister

"He didn’t change anything, not one line mark," says Gelila Mesfin, who first made Obama over as an Egyptian queen

Actor-director Stanley Tucci talks about his new film, "Joe Gould's Secret," his struggle with the Writers' Guild and the importance of ambiguity in art.

The Old 97's singer credits Bowie's brilliant "Hunky Dory" for rescuing his adolescence and inspiring his career

As \"Seminar\" hits Broadway, novelist Ben Marcus judges the tyrannical writing teachers of stage and screen

In a heroic memoir, Donald Antrim explores his relationship with his late mother -- a troubled alcoholic he couldn't live with, or without.

A troupe of robots forces audiences to confront the terrors of late 20th century life.

It was a brilliant idea: Buy the original, then commission and sell forgeries. It almost worked ...

David LaChapelle explains why he turned his high-fashion lens to a new, anti-bling street art, and why he thinks it's the next big thing.

Salon talks to the pop icon about the new collection of interviews, "Complicated Game: Inside the Songs of XTC"

A definitive new box set will proclaim the eclectic greatness of Talking Heads when the ugliness between David Byrne and Tina Weymouth has long been forgotten.

In an age of rising financial inequality, artists are using their work to follow the money

So much of the great American art of the 20th century was funded by the government, don't expect help from Trump

Stephanie Zacharek reviews 'The Museum Guard' by Howard Norman