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Lauren Moya Ford

Lauren Moya Ford is a writer and artist. Her writing has appeared in Apollo, Artsy, Atlas Obscura, Flash Art, Frieze, Glasstire, Mousse Magazine, and other publications.

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How Venetian Glass Seduced American Artists a Century Ago

by Lauren Moya Ford January 6, 2022January 5, 2022

A lavishly illustrated, fascinating book explores the resurgence of Venetian glass and the ways it influenced American ideas about taste and beauty.

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How the Face of Rio de Janeiro Radically Changed Over Five Centuries

by Lauren Moya Ford January 3, 2022January 3, 2022

A new digital atlas, imagineRio, reveals how the city’s urban evolution has unfolded from its 16th century roots to the present day.

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Stitched Scenes of Everyday Life in LA’s Boyle Heights

by Lauren Moya Ford December 27, 2021December 27, 2021

Erick Medel’s labor-intensive pieces pay tribute to the labor being done around him.

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An Intimate Look at the Landscape of the South Texas Borderlands

by Lauren Moya Ford December 19, 2021December 20, 2021

Though the area has been at the center of recent border wall debates, its complexity and diversity have been politicized and oversimplified for centuries.

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A History of Utopian Nudist Clubs in Buttoned-up Britain

by Lauren Moya Ford December 15, 2021December 15, 2021

In the mid-1900s, nudists in Britain believed they could improve national health and remedy buttoned-up social norms and rigid class divisions.

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Feliza Bursztyn, a Colombian Sculptor Who Obliterated Norms

by Lauren Moya Ford December 13, 2021December 13, 2021

Bursztyn created vibrating, noisy kinetic sculptures out of scrap metal and cloth with a mix of sensual and disturbing energy.

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How Pop Became Political for Artists Across the Americas

by Lauren Moya Ford December 6, 2021December 6, 2021

From North to South America, artists used the bold colors, figuration, and appropriated imagery of Pop Art, but with a biting political message.

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From Mississippi to Paris, Patrick Kelly’s Playful and Critical Fashion

by Lauren Moya Ford December 6, 2021December 6, 2021

A young, Black, gay man from the American South, Kelly was a determined, self-taught innovator who worked his way into the highest levels of international fashion.

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A Food-Obsessed Frolic Through Western Art History

by Lauren Moya Ford December 5, 2021December 3, 2021

An art historian and food and wine writer, Leonard Barkan roves from Pompeiian mosaics to Bible passages to Shakespearean plays in search of food and drink.

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New Book Brings Virginia Woolf’s Little-Known Art Criticism To Light

by Lauren Moya Ford November 30, 2021November 30, 2021

Oh, to Be a Painter! collects nine of Woolf’s published art reviews, catalogue essays, and experimental texts from 1920 to 1936.

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The Magnificent History of Japanese Screens

by Lauren Moya Ford November 28, 2021November 24, 2021

An exquisitely illustrated and enlightening new book reveals the screen’s unique role in Japanese history and culture from its origins to the 20th century.

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Inside Luis Jiménez’s American Southwest

by Lauren Moya Ford November 23, 2021November 23, 2021

Born to an immigrant family in El Paso, Texas, Luis Jiménez grew up in a world dominated by cowboys, cactus, and rattlesnakes, all of which appeared in his art.

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