How Photography and Jazz Merged to Forge the “Black Is Beautiful” Movement
Kwame Brathwaite’s photographs fused the two mediums to push the boundaries of beauty, transforming how we define Blackness.
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Leica Distances Itself From an Ad Invoking the Tiananmen Square Massacre
After the video ad angered Chinese social media users, Lecia denied commissioning it. However, ad creators say they developed the film with Leica representatives.
The Power of Deception to Subvert Heteronormativity
Artist Pixy Liao subverts gender norms with a playful yet threatening humor.
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A Photographer’s Intimate Infinitude
David Lebe has often relied on alternative photographic processes to create powerful depictions of queer bodies.
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Visions of Urgent Abstraction
DC-area artist Rushern Baker IV’s abstractions attempt to find meaning in the chaotic world outside the canvas.
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Skyscrapers (and Museums) May Soon Face Environmental Restrictions in New York City
City Council has passed the Climate Mobilization Act, which tasks qualifying buildings to reduce CO2 emissions by 40 percent from 2005 levels or face fines.
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Nordic Impressions Brings a Major Contemporary Art Survey to Scandinavia House
An exhibition of contemporary works from Åland, Denmark, Finland, Greenland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden showcases the rich diversity of Nordic art. On view at Scandinavia House through June 8.
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The Global Culture of Punk On Screen
The series will feature seven films that center on the global influence of punk and will be held in conjunction with the exhibition Too Fast to Live, Too Young to Die: Punk Graphics, 1976–1986.
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Hilma af Klint Breaks Records at the Guggenheim Museum
The survey of the late Swedish abstract painter has drawn 600,000 visitors, increased museum memberships, and broke another record in catalogue sales.
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Artists Open Their Doors for the Annual DUMBO Open Studios
Visit DUMBO and Vinegar Hill for the open studios on Saturday, April 27 and Sunday, April 28, 2019 from 1–6pm.
How to Protest Art
This is the first installment in a six-part series by the artist that will be published every day this week (Mon–Sat) regarding the recent Whitney Museum protests and the issues at stake.
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What Revolution Might Look Like
This show is different from many of the previous at the 8th Floor gallery precisely because it is so intertwined with the theme of voices and their sounds.