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Remembering an Egyptian Artist Who Was Always Looking East
I first met Chant Avedissian in Yerevan in 2002, where he was taking a hiatus from Egypt. It was summer and you could never call him before noon, or you could but would get no answer.
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Seven Contemporary Photographers Represent Trans Communities on Their Own Terms
As the US government tries to delimit trans livelihoods, these photographers are defining transgender and non-binary identities for themselves, assuring their bodies are never erased.
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A Sculptor Conjures Up a Parade for the American Midterm Elections
John Buck's intricate wooden sculptures encourage us to find a cohesive thread among follies.
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Ahead of Midterm Elections, the Art Community Responds to Zoe Leonard’s “I Want a President”
Participants include artists Edgar Arceneaux and Edgar Heap of Birds, curators Helen Molesworth and Kimberli Meyer, and students from a Prison BA Program at California State Prison, Lancaster.
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A Little-Known but Beloved Artist’s Quietly Powerful Still Lifes
Ruth Miller tells us worlds about what it means to see.
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How to Organize a Biennial In Occupied Territory
The Qalandiya International is in its fourth iteration and offers a bounty of solutions for curators working outside centers of power and wealth.
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A Tragedy Inspires an Impromptu Art Intervention in Iraqi Kurdistan
For a week after the Iranian Army's deadly missile attack on an Iranian Kurdish community, artist Shorsh Ahi and his family slept among the ruins, expanding upon his installation.
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Patricia Cronin Casts Aphrodite as a Feminist Role Model
Cronin puts a feminist spin on ancient myths.
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The Plurality and Progressivism of India's Modern Art Revolution
The Asia Society Museum's latest exhibition proves that India's modern artists wove their own way through abstractionism as their country changed around them.
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Required Reading
This week, the Village Voice and photography, fiscal responsibility as an artist, dating Mt. Vesuvius, white critics and black art, and more.
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Jim Dine Breaks Out
Although Dine is considered a blue-chip artist (a rather ugly term, if you ask me), the New York art world has not been kind to him.
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Cyclops, Bananas, and the Art World’s Race Problem
How do persons of color get into the history of painting after it has excluded them?