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Eric Vilas-Boas is the former managing editor of Hyperallergic. He has previously worked at Thrillist, Esquire, SPIN, Donorschoose.org, and his writing has appeared at Vulture, Slashfilm, Lit Hub, Paste, TV Guide, Harper's Bazaar, Town and Country, and other outlets. He also co-edits the animation blog The Dot and Line.

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Enwonwu Painting Found in Family Home After 40 Years Sells for $1.4 Million

by Eric Vilas-Boas October 17, 2019October 17, 2019

Plus, one of the largest private collections of African quilts finds a home, and the Louvre has secured its loan for Leonardo da Vinci’s “Vitruvian Man.”

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Artists and Scholars Join to Discuss the Creation of Black Visual Archives

by Eric Vilas-Boas October 16, 2019October 16, 2019

The free-to-attend Black Portraiture[s] conference will focus on the creation of visual archives in the context of landmark moments in Black history.

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A Film Festival a Stone’s Throw Away From the Beach

by Eric Vilas-Boas October 15, 2019October 16, 2019

Rockaway Film Festival offers a wide range of cinema screenings this weekend, from Barbara Hammer shorts to new and exciting documentary features, all in a district of New York that lacks a movie theater.

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Works by Elizabeth Catlett and Yoshitomo Nara Set Auction Records for the Artists

by Eric Vilas-Boas October 10, 2019October 10, 2019

Plus, the Metropolitan Museum of Art announces new acquisitions in the lead-up to its 150th anniversary and more of the week’s transactions.

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A Performer Uses Brain-Mapping Technology to Scan Her Dreams

by Eric Vilas-Boas October 9, 2019October 9, 2019

Indonesian artist Melati Suryodarmo ran her own dreams through an EEG machine to create her performances at the Asia Society Museum next week.

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A Terrifying Showcase of Horror Film Returns to NYC

by Eric Vilas-Boas October 8, 2019October 9, 2019

Lovers of big-screen scares will be pleased to learn the Brooklyn Horror Film Festival 2019 is back with a gory vengeance.

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Getty Museum Acquires Italian Masterworks and the Largest Museum Collection of Photos by Laura Aguilar

by Eric Vilas-Boas October 3, 2019October 3, 2019

Plus, a Banksy painting has set another auction record for the artist, and a trove of archives from the Underground Railroad shine a light on a dark history.

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A View From the Easel

by Eric Vilas-Boas September 27, 2019October 3, 2019

This week, artist studios in Nova Scotia, Maine, New York, and California.

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Golden Sarcophagus Acquired by the Metropolitan Museum Repatriated to Egypt

by Eric Vilas-Boas September 26, 2019September 26, 2019

Plus, a previously lost masterwork by Eugène Delacroix is heading to Houston, and a Banksy auction subtitled “I can’t believe you morons actually buy this sh*t” sold $1.3 million worth of the artist’s work.

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An Art Fair That Won’t Necessarily Break Your Bank

by Eric Vilas-Boas September 24, 2019September 25, 2019

The Affordable Art Fair, which sells artwork for between $100 and $10,000, will show work from over 400 artists this weekend in Chelsea.

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The Operatic Impulses of Maurice Sendak

by Eric Vilas-Boas September 23, 2019

The famed children’s book author and artist considered the theater his “second career.” An evening talk and live performance will explore his font of creativity.

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Read Joe Sacco’s “Bitumen or Bust,” a Harrowing Comic on Climate Change

by Eric Vilas-Boas September 20, 2019

The comic, reprinted from the forthcoming The Best American Comics 2019, is an unsettling look at the oil sands of Alberta, Canada.

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