The RISD Museum has held this Benin bronze head in its collection for 80 years. “No one would have given it up unless under duress,” the curators say. But tracing its provenance and repatriating it is no simple matter.
June 24, 2019
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A Biennial Navigates Indigenous Cultures Around the Globe
An interview with the Jorge Iván Cevallos (Crazy Horse), the founder, general director, and producer of the Intercontinental Biennale of the Indigenous Arts.
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The Delicious and Campy Queer Cinema of 1970s and ’80s Germany
The Quad Cinema in New York City is showing Queer Kino, a selection of queer cinema from East and West Germany in the 1970s and ’80s
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A Sexual Fantasy Concocted Around an Ancient Perfume Bottle
For Sunday Fantasy Zoe Williams collaborated on a film with three co-authors and friends to create a fictionalized story enacted by different actresses united in playing distinct interpretations of a singular character: Veronica Malaise.
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Chris Kallmyer: Ensemble on View at the Santa Barbara Museum of Art Through September 15
This multimedia installation by sound and performance artist Chris Kallmyer centers around a sculptural communal instrument.
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3,800 Volunteers Have Joined an Artist to Challenge Trump’s Idea of a “Big, Beautiful Wall” on the US–Mexico Border
With the help of thousands of volunteers, Enrique Chiu is creating a large-scale mural on Mexico’s side of the border to spread a message of peace.
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Rising Tides and Climate Change Color the Venice Biennale This Year
Artistic allusions to rising waters can be found across the Venice Biennale this year, and they strike home with a particular power given the ongoing destruction of the natural world.
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A San Francisco Art Nonprofit Is Trying to Save Its Building From Developers
The Lab, a veteran experimental art space, is raising money to buy the historical Redstone Labor Temple in the city’s trendy Mission District before it’s turned into corporate offices.
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Queer Artists in Their Own Words: Rosana Caban Has Played Over 80 Rock Venues and Now Creates Experimental Sound Art Installations
LGBTQ Pride Month is now. Every day in June, we are celebrating the community by featuring one queer artist and letting them speak for themselves.