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July 25, 2016

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A Photojournalist’s Previously Unpublished Images of Fidel Castro’s Cuba in the 1960s

Avatar photo by Carey Dunne July 25, 2016July 25, 2016

“What would your State Department say if they knew you had been kept incommunicado in the Sierra Maestra with [me] for three days?” Fidel Castro asked Lee Lockwood, an American photojournalist, during a rare, smoke-filled seven-day interview in 1965.

Posted inArt

An Artist and Amateur Scientist Who Painted Animal Camouflage and Angels

Avatar photo by Allison Meier July 25, 2016July 26, 2016

Before coming across an unusually calligraphic painting of a mountain, Williams College Museum of Art Curator Kevin Murphy considered the turn-of-the-century artist Abbott Handerson Thayer “a one slide guy,” a man known for portraits of placid angels, who in an art history class might get one mention and then be forgotten.

Posted inArt

The Stark Beauty of Japan’s Soaring Cormorant Population

Avatar photo by Carey Dunne July 25, 2016July 25, 2016

Japan has a problem with cormorant overpopulation.

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Why Were So Many Women Excluded from the History of Abstract Expressionism?

Avatar photo by Hrag Vartanian July 25, 2016April 19, 2022

In the fourth episode of the Hyperallergic Podcast we focus on the Women of Abstract Expressionism exhibition at the Denver Art Museum.

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Anonymous Donors Help Restore a Renaissance Nymphaeum in Rome

by Claire Voon July 25, 2016July 25, 2016

The centerpiece of a Renaissance villa in Rome, once used as a papal country retreat, has been restored to its former glory, with financial backing from an unexpected source: a group of anonymous Japanese donors.

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The Legacy of Activist, Author, and Indian Modernist Artist K. G. Subramanyan

by Meenakshi Thirukode July 25, 2016July 26, 2016

On June 29, K. G. Subramanyan, a deeply influential figure within the modern and contemporary Indian art world, passed away at the age of 92.

Posted inArt

Democracy, Art, and the Frustrations of Populism

Avatar photo by Seph Rodney July 25, 2016July 29, 2016

Art exhibitions concerned with politics are very much of the moment.

Posted inArt

From Warhol’s Grave to Elvis’s Front Door, 10 Museum Webcams to Watch

Avatar photo by Allison Meier July 25, 2016August 6, 2016

From the world’s oldest ham to corvettes crushed in a sinkhole, some of the greatest wonders of our museums are available 24/7 through online webcams.

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Is It Time to Return to the City?

by Edie Everette July 25, 2016July 25, 2016

Drove hours to the city for a museum gig.

Posted inArt

Artist Duo TOILETPAPER’s Kitschy Department Store Wipeout

by Joseph Nechvatal July 25, 2016

PARIS — Jaded neo-pop (one is tempted to say “poop” here) is on view in the Galeries Lafayette’s très kitsch exhibition TP–RAMA, the latest from art-commerce duo of Maurizio Cattelan and Pierpaolo Ferrari, aka TOILETPAPER.

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A Sculptor Imagines a Human Designed to Survive Car Crashes

Avatar photo by Carey Dunne July 25, 2016July 26, 2016

Yesterday, I met Graham. I met him on MeetGraham.com.au. I met his half-formed teats, all 13 of them, and his thick, tough skin, and his knee joints that rotate 360 degrees, like a demon’s.

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A Meme Returns, Crying for Justice in Syria

by Donatella Della Ratta July 25, 2016July 31, 2016

In the wake of Russian and regime-led airstrikes on the already abused Syrian city of Aleppo, I saw it again: the raised hand, a meme I had been obsessed by during the first street protests of spring 2011.

SITE Santa Fe Opens Bruce Nauman’s First Solo Exhibition in New Mexico
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