From Louise Bourgeois in 2000 to El Anatsui in 2023, countless artists have wrestled with the London exhibition space’s (im)possibilities.
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Judy Chicago’s Corporate Feminism
I came to Herstory hoping to see depth, guts, the ambition and potency of “The Dinner Party” and instead found nothing but surface.
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Required Reading
This week, the oldest plant-based red paint, the stories of queer Palestinians in Gaza, why women’s clothes don’t have pockets, and more.
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The Painter Mexico City Lost Too Soon
Abraham Ángel embodied a new type of homegrown Mexican artist who rejected past European traditions in favor of local influences like arte popular.
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Marina Abramović, a Shaman of Late Capitalism
Is the Royal Academy’s Marina Abramović retrospective spirituality or its monetization? You toss the coin.
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Parviz Tanavoli’s Art Unlocks Hearts and Souls
Each symbol in Tanavoli’s Poets, Locks, Cages at the Vancouver Art Gallery holds a special meaning in Sufism, which has inspired his work.
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The Ephemeral Fragments of Harry Smith’s Faith
Smith’s collections of folk music, Indigenous art, and occult ephemera inspired generations of artists.
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Gabriel García Márquez’s Mexico Home Is Now an Art Space
La Casa de la Literatura García Márquez is a strange and wonderful new gallery for Mexico City’s ever-changing contemporary arts scene.
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The Unsung Women of American Land Art
Groundswell is a crucial reexamination of important but under-recognized artists working with the land.
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The Many Voices of Raven Chacon’s While Hissing
Amplifying the voices of Native women, the artist issues a collective call to resistance through visual art, music, and community.
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As a History Professor, This Is How I Use AI in Class
Instead of assigning my routine Gladiator review, I asked students to query ChatGPT about the film’s historical inaccuracies.
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The Democratic Power of the Risograph
The risograph’s handmade aesthetic has become associated with posters, broadsheets, zines, and pamphlets, and has been embraced by small publishers.
