Death in Art

Skull art, from Damien Hirst to the streets of São Paulo

If you were to drive through the tunnel in the Brazilian megacity of São Paulo that connects Avenida Cidade Jardim…

12 years ago

Trashy tabloid murder photos come to fancy NYC gallery

There is the man sprawled on the sidewalk outside a café in a pool of blood with a gun and…

12 years ago

Interview with playwright Eric Coble, whose boobytrapped Brooklyn mother teaches a lesson on dying with grace

Eric Coble has written and produced plays on Edgar Allen Poe, Pinocchio and Pecos Bill; his latest, Velocity of Autumn,…

13 years ago

Are New York tourists sipping coffee beside tortured corpses of Chinese prisoners?

In the middle of downtown New York City, just blocks from Wall Street and right beside a row of sunny…

13 years ago

Mexican death art, both joyous and horrific, comes to New York City

There is a large face without skin, just bare muscles and eyes wide open and staring. In a cavern-like lair…

13 years ago

Photos of decomposing bodies shock Virginia

Seven slender bones, chipped and splotched, some even burnt, lined up neatly on a table. A young boy with eyes…

13 years ago

Want a necklace made of fingertips?

A necklace of phalanges costs $165 and a cross of metacarpal goes for $80 on Columbine Phoenix’s website. (more…)

15 years ago

Michael Jackson’s death is good for umbrella sales

Jumillah Galvez sold 72 Michael T-shirts in 30 minutes earlier this week but now all anyone seems to care about…

15 years ago

In Japan, everything is a beautiful corpse

Outside, wind-whipped snow piles high but inside the trim room there are pineapples and candles on an altar, a family…

15 years ago