Art • Weekend
The Rarities and Oddities of a Vanished World
It’s fair to say that images of sporting have a relatively marginal place in our art world.
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Art • Weekend
Berenice Abbott’s Optimistic Modernity
Abbott aimed her lens at so many 20th-century subjects that her photographs challenge us to rethink modernity itself.
Jess, a West Coast Visionary
It is clear to me now that seeing Jess’s art was the beginning of my awareness that there was a multitude of what John Ashbery called “other traditions.”
Seeing American History Through the Art of a Black WWI Soldier
Horace Pippin was a self-taught artist out of necessity, as the society in which he lived had shut most of its doors on him.
The Young Lords’ Fire Will Not Go Out
Mapping Resistance: The Young Lords in El Barrio, a public art exhibition on the civil rights organization, displays the group’s spirit of refusal to accept our skewed legal, political, economic, and social organization system.
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Join Daphne Arthur for Appearance of the Jeweled Lotus, an Interactive Installation in Rockaway Beach
Arthur will display and give away her floral sculptures next Saturday, August 31 at 2 pm on the boardwalk of Beach 70th street, in Far Rockaway, NYC.
In Brief
A Famous Optical Illusion Comes to Life
Sometimes you just can’t trust your eyes.
Artistic Director of Aichi Triennial Responds to Artists | In response to the artists' open letter, Daisuke Tsuda, the artistic director of the Aichi Triennial, has released a letter addressing the controversy, saying, "The closure of the exhibition was a decision to prioritize the lives of visitors and staff who were in a position of imminent danger. Our greatest respect for freedom of expression, however, has remained constant throughout." Read the full story here.
Stream New Documentaries on Ants, Snails, Hacker Graffiti, The Simpsons, and More
Some exciting things to stream right now include a half-hour monologue on masculinity and abuse, a look at the difficulties of building public housing, and a survey of all the weird and wonderful Simpsons fan creations.
In Brief
TIME Magazine’s “Greatest Places” List Has Some Questionable Culture Picks
The Shed at Hudson Yards and Damien Hirst’s $100,000-per-night Empathy Suite at the Palms Casino Resort made the cut.
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Ice House Gallery Presents Red Walls, Surreal Ceruleans, and a Tsunami, Paintings by Kevin Kearney
On view through September 21, 2019 at Ice House Gallery in Petaluma, CA. The Catalogue Essay is by Barry Nemett.
Film
Pose Is a Much-Needed Ode to Legacy in the Black and Latinx LGBTQ Community
The groundbreaking television show’s second season speaks to the immense power of chosen family.