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Minimalist Art that Speaks for the Birds
With their exhibition, Look, it’s daybreak, dear, time to sing, Richard Ibghy and Marilou Lemmens investigate the complex, cross-species relationship between birds and humans.
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The Quiet Dignity of Peter Hujar
Hujar wrote that his portrait subjects were “those who push themselves to any extreme” and those who “cling to the freedom to be themselves.”
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A Not Completely Lost History
The artists in Post prove that paintings and drawings can be captivating years after they were done, and that a timely style has a way of becoming uninteresting, even mummifying.
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An Artist's Altars to Unsung Women
Rendered in a rainbow of vibrant colors, Clarity Haynes’s portrayals of queer, heavy, and disabled bodies reimagines the white box as a communal space that allows for the possibility of healing.
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Artists Withdraw From Iranian Festivals After Country Admits to Downing of Ukrainian Plane
Visual artists, filmmakers, and musicians are withdrawing from the Fajr festivals in solidarity with protesters and those mourning the loss of loved ones involved in the crash, which killed all 176 passengers on board.
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In Baltimore, Generations Traces a Lineage of Abstraction Among Black Artists
Most shows can’t or don’t hold these very separate aspects in synchronous rotation: sober assessment of an art historical lineage and a feeling of intimacy. This one does.
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A German Casino Worker Is Suing Ai Weiwei for Saying He Showed a “Nazi Attitude”
The world-renowned dissident artist, who is celebrated in the gambling community as a "Blackjack Guru," explained the story behind the lawsuit in a New York Times op-ed.
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A Spanish Billionaire Was Fined $58M for Attempting to Smuggle His Picasso Out of the Country
83-year-old Jaime Botin received an 18-month jail sentence, which will likely be deferred in light of his age, first-time offender status — and because he’s super-rich and a member of an influential banking family.
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37,000 Items of Black Film Memorabilia Acquired by the Lucas Museum
The collection includes items from silent era “race films,” an independent movement during which Black filmmakers told their own stories and distributed films to theaters serving Black viewers.
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An Israeli Museum Canceled a Talk With an Artist Because of His Palestinian Identity
Haifa University’s Hecht Museum said that Saher Miari's talk was called off because an appearance by a Palestinian artist does not conform with the politics of the Hecht Foundation, which backs the museum.
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Why a Photo Exhibit of Objects Seized at Border Control Feels Sanitized
Tom Kiefer’s aim — to document atrocity — is clear. But his exhibit at the Skirball Cultural Center raises a number of important ethical and legal questions about whose stories he tells, and how.
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Week in Review: Artists Confront MoMA PS1 Trustees; Museum Director Pushed Out After Harassment Allegations
Also, over 100 artists will contribute to a benefit exhibition foregrounding the experiences of detained children, and more.