the arts
‘House of Whoreship’ is the Queer Short Film Made For Sex Workers By Sex Workers
"Film has a lot to answer for, because it's where most people get their information about sex work."
How Music Is Keeping People from Going Back to Prison
An expanding California arts program is proven to cut recidivism and save prisons money. Can it be a new model for prison reform?
Why Art Should Be Incorporated into Mental Health Therapy
It's too simplistic to suggest that the arts can solve the mental health crisis, but there's hope that more funding and more debate around the issues could help improve our wellbeing.
Experimental Operas Might Make the Genre Cool Again
'Hopscotch,' a new experimental opera in Los Angeles, bends every convention of what you thought an "opera" should be—and that's exactly why millennials like it.
Bringing Theater to the Military: Arts in the Armed Forces with Adam Driver (Trailer)
Coming soon: VICE News follows Adam Driver and his fellow actors as they bring theater to the military.
This One Man Now Controls Art in Australia
The Australian Arts Council was designed to take discrimination out of arts funding. In this week's Federal Budget, George Brandis put it back in.
The Value of Dislike
By pressing Facebook's new "dislike" button, by making fun of something, you are still consuming that thing. You may even be enjoying it.
Adam Curtis's Massive Attack on Park Avenue
Adam Curtis and Massive Attack made us dance to the invasion of Iraq.
Fly Girls (and Boys): 'The Fly Room' Opens Up a Pioneering DNA Lab in Film and Architecture
Alexis Gambis, who founded the Imagine Science Film Festival after getting his PhD in genetics and a masters in film, has reconstructed the legendary fruit fly laboratory where many modern-day genetics discoveries were made.
The Augmented Reality Portraiture of Famous New Media Artist Jeremy Bailey
A chat with the artist, whose 'superhero' portraits of his Kickstarter backers are now on display at a gallery in Brooklyn.