EDGE San Francisco

Neither a slave to fashion nor captive to a single approach or medium, and not defined solely by sexual orientation, this refreshingly down-to-earth, Brooklyn-based artist refuses to be consigned to a box.

Sometimes it’s important just to get away for a bit. The destination doesn’t have to be to a foreign place or another time zone, it only has to be a break from the usual routine.

It may be a coincidence or simply "good timing," but artists have ol’ father time on the mind this month, as evidenced by work at three city venues.

In response to the tragic events at yesterday’s Boston Marathon, general admission to the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (MFA), will be free to the public today, Tuesday, April 16.

Its 25,000 LED lights strung along suspension cables along a 1.8 mile span of the bridge make this the biggest public artwork we can think of.

For the first time in its history, London’s Victoria and Albert Museum showcases a pop icon in a new major multimedia exhibit.

Two New York museum-curated exhibits present bookends of gay life in the city: one, the decades before Stonewall ignited the gay liberation movement; the other, the horrific early ’80s, when the city was at the epicenter of the AIDS epidemic.

A portion of his prodigious output, 300 black & white photographs, is included in the show, which assembles iconic images of New York City, Texas and Southern California, and at least 100 images that haven’t been published or exhibited before.

Although the warriors are certainly the headliner, the bulk of the exhibition is comprised of 110 objects taken from the burial chambers of the First Emperor’s ancestors and areas surrounding his eminence’s tomb.

This particular body of work is based on traditional 18th- and 19th-century European portraiture of the landed gentry, but the artist gave the enterprise a significant twist and shout by adding the seasoning of contemporary youth and hip hop.