Art
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This week, a virtual tour of the Vermeer retrospective, an AI-written novel wins a prize, filling your fish tank with local water, a tribute to poet Refaat Alareer, and more.
Hrag Vartanian
Hrag Vartanian is editor-at-large, founding editor, and co-founder of Hyperallergic.
Art
Required Reading
This week, a giant sand maze in Miami, how to free yourself from big tech, Eric Adams’s bad luck streak, the fringe benefits of near-sightedness, and more.
Guide
12 Art Shows to See in New York This December
This month: The irreverent feminist art of Marta Minujín, Molly Crabapple channels Toulouse-Lautrec, Sonya Kelliher-Combs’s cryptic visual lexicon, and much more.
Art
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This week, Israel destroys Gaza’s main library; a queer, climate-conscious song from Yo-Yo Ma; a giant pottery wheel, Spotify Wrapped, and more.
Art
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This week, the movement to “decolonize” chocolate, Lorraine Hansberry’s little-known lesbian fiction, corporate accents, and much more.
Art
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This week, the oldest plant-based red paint, the stories of queer Palestinians in Gaza, why women’s clothes don’t have pockets, and more.
Art
Required Reading
This week, why Toni Morrison left publishing, the Artforum open letter debacle, Halloween costumes only New Yorkers will understand, and more.
Film
The Story of a Woman Hollywood Tried to Forget
Aurora Mardiganian survived the Armenian Genocide and found freedom in the United States before realizing that the entertainment system she trusted with her story prioritized profit over her pain.
Art
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This week, censorship of Palestinian journalists, early 2000s fashion’s healing powers, the uncertain future of Barcelona’s beaches, and why is there a sport called “conkers”?
Art
The Self-Liberation of Arghavan Khosravi
The Iranian artist creates work that moves beyond cliché to create a new visual language about existing freely in the world.
Art
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This week, Tamara Lanier's continuing quest for justice, the Airbnb guest from hell, Canada's Nazi problem, ancient LA, the cover of Salman Rushdie's new book, and more.
Art
Required Reading
This week, museums and mental health, Google aims for our wallets, the marketing psychology of floor designs, Crayola color theory, and much more.