A petition calling on the Met to remove a painting by Balthus from its walls for its troublingly sexualized depiction of a young girl has gained over 8,000 signatures.
Laila Pedro
Laila Pedro is a writer and scholar based in New York. She holds a PhD in French from the Graduate Center, CUNY, and is currently at work on a book tracing artistic connections between Cuba, France, and the Francophone Caribbean.
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A Day of Healing Through Mending Clothes
Bring your discarded sewing, or the sewing you never started, or the sewing you wish you knew how to do, for a day of personal and community mending.
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In One Artist’s Body, the Legacies of Continental Trauma
Carlos Martiel continues his gripping, often devastating explorations of bodies marked by history, culture, and place with a performance at Y Gallery.
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From Benefit to Blockbuster, a Kerry James Marshall Painting’s Dramatic Flip
A Kerry James Marshall work originally donated to a museum’s benefit auction sold at Christie’s for a record-setting price.
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The Surprising Eloquence of Mass-Produced Materials
Jessica Vaughn’s show of restrained conceptual works subtly evokes the experiential dimension of mass-produced objects.
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Data Suggests Artists More Drawn to Cities than Ever
Confirmation that, yes, artists are still flocking to Brooklyn.
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The Russian Billionaire Behind Christie’s Controversial $450M Leonardo
The painting’s seller is part of the clique of billionaire oligarchs exerting an outsize influence in global affairs — and art.
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In a Guerrilla Video Art Projection, 60 Artists Illuminate our Political Crisis
The Illuminator returns to downtown Manhattan, projecting short video clips by 60 artists in “an act of community and solidarity.”
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Dances of Doom and Transcendence
Choreographer Gillian Walsh takes on dance as a “suicidal tendency” and considers mysticism in a time of global crisis.
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Confronting and Correcting Racist Narratives in Media and Art
Five artists and writers will take on the racist narratives that shape American culture in a day of events at MoMA PS1.
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Rashaad Newsome Recenters Blackness in Art History
In sculpture and collage, Newsome explores agency, feminism, and what we think we’re looking at.
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Slavs and Tatars Take on Edward Said at the Guggenheim
The polymathic collective presents a hybrid lecture-performance based on the work of Edward Said.
