Chinese Animal Idiom cards remind us that we can fly free, yes, and we should, but we eventually need somewhere to land.
AX Mina
AX Mina (aka An Xiao Mina) is an author, artist and futures thinker who follows her curiosity. She co-produces Five and Nine, a podcast about magic, work and economic justice.
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Notes on the Soul of New Orleans
Helen Cammock’s solo exhibition is an array of visual poems, ceramics, and even the sound of her trumpet, which she began practicing in the city.
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A Show About Migration Is a Hall of Memories
Hostility comes across in various forms throughout “Hostile Terrain ’94,” a show about the perils involved in undocumented migration.
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Los Angeles as a Cultural Stir Fry
Amir H. Fallah’s beautiful objects reflect a shadow side, a decay of borders, trust, and stability that comes with the trauma of immigration.
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Art in the Early 2000s China Boom
Cruel Youth Diary: Chinese Photography and Video greets us with the dizziness befitting a period of rapid economic growth and social change.
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On the Sacred Magic of Writing
With “Dark Illumination” artist Kenturah Davis creates opportunities for us to see the sacred and meditative in the words we write.
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Ten Painful Stories of the Dutch Colonial Slave Trade
The Rijksmuseum’s traveling show strives to remind us that we are all, in some way, a part of this chapter of human history, whose legacy continues today.
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How Art Helps Politicians Soften Their Image
Hande Sever’s latest installation explores how leaders in the US and Turkey have used visual art and film to project, modify, and erase history.
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How Can We Mend the Fashion World?
Beautiful Repair: Mending in Art and Fashion at Copenhagen Contemporary explores the aesthetics of mending through the lens of art and fashion.
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The Roman Empire Visualized in Infographics
A new book uses graphic design as a way to tell the story of Roman conquests, economy, and culture.
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The Cold Gaze and the Myth of Objectivity
A Copenhagen exhibition offers a rich view into the creative production and daily life in the Weimar Republic, with its glamour and its grotesquerie.
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Basking in Vermeer’s Light at Rijksmuseum
In Vermeer’s paintings, the world is much larger than we imagined and yet somehow deep, meaningful, and magical.
