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This week, painters painting themselves as lions, Google's modern day Library of Alexandria, the new Museum of Failure, the CIA and Arab modern art, Chinatowns today, and more.
Hrag Vartanian
Hrag Vartanian is editor-at-large, founding editor, and co-founder of Hyperallergic.
Art
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This week, clear coffee, gender-variant Indigenous art, a drone's-eye view, Melania Trump's photographic eye, I.M. Pei at 100, critic Jerry Saltz's former life as an artist, and more.
Art
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This week, making Picasso paintings 3D, best restaurant review hate read, Lucas Cranach the Elder's business acumen, architectural terra-cotta, and defining "re-accommodate."
Art
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This week, the story of Emmett Till's image in the coffin, New York's new copper skyscrapers, Damien Hirst is back, why authoritarians hate the arts, calorie counts for cannibals, and more.
Art
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This week, a Whitney Biennial curator speaks, 8 trends from Milan design week, Clinton designer believes bad design helped Trump, Frida Kahlo's missing adultery painting, Russia's April Fools Day joke, and more.
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This week, Schultz controversy at the Whitney Biennial continues, Tom Finkelpearl writes about the impact of the NEA, British actors playing American role, new emojis, and more.
Art
The Violence of the 2017 Whitney Biennial
One of the themes of this year's Whitney Biennial appears to be violence, and not every artist has the ability to transform it into a successful work of art.
Art
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This week, imaging the world's longest building, the Oxford comma wins, Grabner on Gibson, We Are All Merkel, artist tattoos MAGA around his anus, and more.
Art
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This week, don't ask Quora for art advice, Banksy's gentrification project, an architect claims plagiarism, fall of Standing Rock, Africa's fascist history, and more.
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Snapchat Creates a Frida Kahlo Filter for International Women's Day
Snapchat added three filters to celebrate famous women for International Women's Day.
Art
The Messy, DIY Aesthetic of the Spring/Break Art Show
Other fairs prune and primp their art for maximum market efficiency; Spring/Break allows curators and artists to let their freak flags fly.
Art
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This week, Google's new HQ designs, Georgia O’Keeffe's modern life, building Trump's crazy border wall, the enduring life of zines, Rauschenberg's goat, and more.