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Knitted Works of Endangered Animals that Inspire Warmth and Empathy
Fiber artist Ruth Marshall, who used to work at the Bronx Zoo, uses a comforting medium to build interest in wildlife conservation.
Ilene Dube
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Women’s Tense Relationship with Fabric Artfully Unfolds
Poorly Watched Girls is Suzanne Bocanegra's largest exhibition to date and the culmination of her collaboration with the Fabric Workshop and Museum.
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A Pilgrimage to Dorothea Tanning’s Arizona Studio
A recent exhibition of this art historical figure at the Reina Sofia is amplified by a visit to where she worked.
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My Memories of Watching Roz Chast Draw in Junior High
The future New Yorker cartoonist sat in front of me in class at Brooklyn’s Ditmas Junior High School. She was the class brain, and loved to draw.
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Why Berthe Morisot Was an Essential Figure in the Impressionist Movement
A major exhibition on view at the Barnes Foundation presents a chance to understand the qualities that made Morisot’s success possible.
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Alison Bechdel’s Mission to Make Lesbian Culture Visible Through Comics
A new retrospective charts the graphic novelist's journey from her dysfunctional family's funeral home to being appointed Vermont's Cartoonist Laureate in 2017.
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Artists Urge Us to Get Outside and Smell the Moss
The 13 artists in Natural Wonders: The Sublime in Contemporary Art summon the raw power and unruliness of nature, and its ability to inspire awe.
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Learning To Be a Painter at 64
After retiring as a professor of American history from Princeton University, Nell Painter embarked on a new chapter of her life: to become a practicing artist.
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“I Was an Artist in Vitro”: Joyce J. Scott and Her Darkly Beautiful Art
Harriet Tubman and Other Truths at Grounds for Sculpture bills itself as Scott's most comprehensive exhibition to date.
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Projected Images Illuminate the History of Paul Robeson's Hometown
Photographer Wendel White shot artifacts unearthed in the Princeton, NJ house where Paul Robeson was born and projects these images against the façade of the house as part of the exhibition Reconstructed History.