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The Future Is Collaborative: A New Fair Embraces Unlikely Pairings and Profit-Sharing
At Future Fair, collaborative presentations by 34 galleries challenge the traditional fair model.
Valentina Di Liscia
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Art
See the Striking Photos that Competed for the Bird Photographer of the Year Awards
Mexican photographer Alejandro Prieto’s image of a roadrunner at the US-Mexico border took home the top prize.
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The Largest Confederate Monument in the South Finally Comes Down
It was the last Confederate statue on Monument Avenue, painted over by Black Lives Matter activists during last year's historic protests.
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¡Adiós, Colón! Sculpture of Indigenous Woman Will Replace Mexico City's Columbus
A new piece created by Mexican artist Pedro Reyes depicting an Olmec woman is slated to go up on October 12.
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After Condo Collapse, a Miami Museum Is Preserving the Memorial Wall
"Museums have to be able to do 'rapid response' collecting after an event," says HistoryMiami director Jorge Zamanillo.
Guide
Your Concise Guide to Armory Week 2021
Your useful guide to the fairs and exhibitions of interest this week.
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Louisiana Artists Mobilize to Help Hurricane Ida Victims
With official authorities overwhelmed and underfunded, locals have mobilized a robust relief response, among them members of the state’s thriving arts community.
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Remember That Banksy That Self-Destructed? It's Going Up for Auction
“Girl with a Balloon,” which started shredding as soon as it sold in 2018, could fetch more than $8 million.
Art
Marcia Schvartz Paints Argentina’s Unseen
Schvartz paints an unflinching portrait of the working class, of barrio culture, of women involved in the innocent yet staunchly political act of simply being.
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What “All the Rapes in the Met Museum” Tell Us About Sexual Violence in Art History
A new book project by Macushla Robinson looks at the way in which sexual violence is discussed, and often downplayed, in museum wall labels and cataloguing.
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David’s Painting of Eminent Scientists Depicted Them as More Elite Than Revolutionary
The original composition showed the chemists “as wealthy tax collectors and fashionable luxury consumers rather than as the progressive and scientifically minded couple that define the portrait today.”
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Emmett Till’s Life Honored in Smithsonian Exhibition
A sign remembering Till, defaced with bullets, will be displayed across from the Star-Spangled Banner.