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The Rubin Museum Becomes a Soothing Soundscape
Slip into The World Is Sound, close your eyes, and leave the jangled world outside for awhile.
Melissa Stern
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Miniature Universes Constructed from Archaeological Fragments
In his current exhibition TERRAoptics at Sepia Gallery, Vivan Sundaram has created tableaux with ceramic pottery shards from an archeological dig at Pattanam, in the Indian state of Kerala.
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A Photographer Captures the Sumptuous Loneliness of American Subcultures
In his show at Garvey Simon Art Access, Timothy Hursley presents photographic investigations into Southern funeral homes, Mormon sects, and empty brothels.
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An Eclectic Assortment of Collages, Cut from Context and Pasted Together
Though the exhibition is a little bit all over the map, there are some real gems to be found here.
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The Inner World of a Man Who Taught Himself How to Draw
The show at Kerry Schuss Gallery focuses on the later years of Ray Hamilton’s 14-year art career, the time period that he worked after suffering a serious stroke in 1990.
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Peace and Grief in the Art of US Veterans
The exhibition Not Alone provides access to a complicated and difficult subject matter that intends to open up and bridge dialogue between civilians and those who have served.
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The Chameleonic Cate Blanchett Brings 20th-Century Art Manifestos to Life
In the 13-screen video installation Manifesto, Cate Blanchett plays sharply different characters while reading polemical 20th-century manifestos. Her transformation is astonishing.
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An Army of Female Power Figures Stands Against Injustice
Vanessa German’s show packs a punch, and is especially powerful in the context of the national politics of the past year.
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Seeing a Horror Movie Through the Reactions of Its Spectators
The best horror movie in New York City right now is Alex Prager’s La Grande Sortie, a 10-minute film playing on continuous loop at the Chrystie Street branch of Lehmann Maupin Gallery.
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An Artist’s Fantastical Dioramas Fill a Tiny Store Along the Hudson
KINGSTON, New York — Walking on John Street in Kingston on a rainy Saturday night my eye was caught by the oddest storefront on the block.
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Focusing on Photo Portraits at New York’s Contemporary African Art Fair
Seventeen galleries from all over the world have convened to exhibit the work of pan-African artists and artists of the African diaspora.
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Grayson Perry’s Subversive and Psychosexual World
SYDNEY — The Museum of Contemporary Art (MCA) Australia has mounted the first ever retrospective of Grayson Perry’s work in the Southern Hemisphere.