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Abbey Bender

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Halston Gets the Kind of Over-the-Top Biopic He’d Appreciate

Avatar photo by Abbey Bender May 20, 2021May 20, 2021

The new Netflix miniseries about the influential fashion designer would benefit from a closer look at the work that made his name.

Posted inArt

Ruth Carter’s Radical, Afrofuturist Fashion

Avatar photo by Abbey Bender January 4, 2021December 30, 2020

From Do the Right Thing to Selma to Black Panther, Carter’s costume designs have long been defined by their ability to elevate characters too often marginalized.

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A Classic Film Reminds Us That Modeling Is Labor

Avatar photo by Abbey Bender February 6, 2020September 16, 2020

The perfect movie for New York Fashion Week is 1981’s Model, Frederick Wiseman behind-the-scenes documentary on the industry.

Posted inOpinion

Judy Chicago’s Collaboration With Dior Is Beautiful, but Its Feminist Ambitions Are Questionable

Avatar photo by Abbey Bender January 23, 2020September 16, 2020

Judy Chicago’s collaboration with the fashion house, a runway-installation called The Female Divine, includes a woven catwalk carpet and 21 banners embroidered with questions including “What if Women Ruled the World?”

Posted inBooks

Merce Cunningham Takes the Book Out of the Box

Avatar photo by Abbey Bender December 4, 2019September 16, 2020

More of an art- or archival collection than a typical book, Cunnigham’s recently reissued Changes gathers sketches, notes, photographs, programs, and all other manner of ephemera in a creative package.

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Twisting the Familiar Into Uncanny Cinematic Forms

Avatar photo by Abbey Bender November 14, 2019September 16, 2020

Surface Knowledge, the latest Flaherty NYC screening series, presents enthralling experimental documentary shorts which play with ways of seeing and experiencing the world.

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Confronting Questions We’d Rather Avoid About Old Age and Dying

Avatar photo by Abbey Bender October 7, 2019September 16, 2020

The documentary América is a tender look at three brothers caring for their grandmother in her last days.

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A Cozy Inside View of New York’s Rare Books Scene

Avatar photo by Abbey Bender October 7, 2019September 16, 2020

The documentary The Booksellers argues that independent bookstores are more vital than ever in the digital age.

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The Women Photojournalists Who Blazed Trails in the 1940s and ’50s

Avatar photo by Abbey Bender August 2, 2019September 16, 2020

An exhibition at the New-York Historical Society presents the work of six female photographers who worked for LIFE magazine during its golden age.

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The Woman Who Recorded Decades of TV News on 70,000 VHS Tapes

Avatar photo by Abbey Bender June 6, 2019September 16, 2020

The documentary Recorder explores the life and work of Marion Stokes, who amassed the world’s largest independent TV archive without anyone noticing.

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