Art
The Clandestine Cultural Knowledge of Ancient Graffiti
Today we are used to thinking of graffiti as subversive or illegal, but ancient people didn’t necessarily see graffiti in this way at all.
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Laurie Anderson Wins Her First Grammy
Anderson took home the award for Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance for Landfall, her collaboration with Kronos Quartet inspired by Hurricane Sandy.
Books
Nerd Out with This Encyclopedia of Architects’ Scale Figures
The encyclopedia, which considers architecture's relationship to people, includes some 1,000 images of figures produced by more than 250 architects.
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The Land Art at Desert X Confronts Borders and Politics on Indigenous Territory
The second edition of Desert X is a manifesto for poetical activism, tangled between nature and urban development.
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See Films About Love in Time for Valentine's Day
BAM hosts a new film series, the first segment of which begins this week, with the theme of love.
Books
Marina Warner Lays the Groundwork for Dynamic Art Writing
A new anthology of erudite essays shines a light on how to address the artist's biography.
Announcement
A Three-Part Exhibition Explores Race, History, and Time at ICA Philadelphia Throughout 2019
Curated by Meg Onli, Colored People Time: Mundane Futures will be on view through March 31, 2019.
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A Look at the Auteur of Animation, Hayao Miyazaki
Susan Napier's Miyazaki World eloquently defines Hayao Miyazaki as an auteur who creates immersive animated realms.
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PAIN Sackler Storms Guggenheim and Metropolitan Museums for Financial Ties to Opioid Manufacturers
The drug policy advocates, led by photographer Nan Goldin, held a covert die-in at the Guggenheim, then marching to the Met to publicly protest on its steps.
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Required Reading
This week, world's first poet, reviewing Antinous: Boy Made God, Queens modernism, Octavia E. Butler on Pasadena, mile-high architecture, and more.
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A Poet's Symbolic Resignation
With The Resignation, poet Lonely Christopher shows his interest in "speeches that mean next to nothing."
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Ann Lauterbach Expands the Possibilities of Poetry
In an age dominated by literalism and an insistence on facts, what can the imagination summon into words?