As the film tells it, the story of this mural is also that of the crisis at Rikers and of “prison” in spectacular decay — ...

The 64-year-old Yan Pei-Ming is a contemporary artist who has been living in France since 1981. He is known for his “epic-sized” portraits of figures such as Chairman Mao, St. Pope John Paul II, Bruce ...

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A Californian Visual Language” at UCSB’s Art, Design & Architecture Museum explores how artists use text to challenge ...

None of the prison officers appeared to know their body cameras would passively record a vicious beating that led to the death of Robert Brooks.

By When it comes to admiring the brutalist style, Becker has a lot more company now, partly thanks to evolving tastes but in ...

A museum whose mission extends beyond the history of the Sing Sing Correctional Facility to exploring incarceration in America today is expected to open this October in the village where […] ...

In 1971, the artist Faith Ringgold received a grant to make a painting for a public institution in New York City. She decided ...

Art exhibit 'The Only Door I Can Open' and Flyaway Productions' 'I Give You My Sorrows' speak out for prisoners' rights.

Prisons are not colourful places. Typically, they are grey or some variation of a monochrome colour scheme. But increasingly, such a limited palette is being questioned for its impact on health and ...