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The Young Firebrands of Indian Modernism
The Progressive Artists’ Group represented a microcosm of class, caste, and religion, making them the perfect poster boys for the Nehruvian ideal of secularism.
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Dick Higgins: Avant Garde Provocateur and Philosopher
Higgins was a participant observer of outrageous innovations in art, music, poetry, performance, and independent publishing for decades beginning in the 1960s.
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Art of Clay and Steel in the City of New Orleans
Although George Dunbar and William Monaghan differ in visibility and style, they are both prodigal sons who have left this city and then returned to it.
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Kara Walker Invites You to a Public Hanging
Walker’s installation “Virginia’s Lynch Mob” evokes a latter-day Saturnalia, turning the world upside-down.
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A Highly Anticipated Los Angeles Museum of Film Promises Thought-Provoking Exhibitions
The soon-to-open Academy Museum of Motion Pictures commits to telling the full and diverse stories of film.
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Sweet Little Cunt, a Long Overdue Tribute to Cartoonist Julie Doucet
Julie Doucet's 1990’s comic series Dirty Plotte was wildly imaginative and raucous, pulled no punches, and teetered constantly and surreally on the delicious edge between gross and fascinating.
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Contemporary Visions of Mystical Indo-Persian Miniatures
The night of “Ascension,” one Islam’s most mystical and striking themes, has inspired Sikander, whose self-portraits are artistic manifestations of this magical journey.
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Stirring Images of Our Impact on the Environment
Anthropocene drives home the fact that climate change, ecological destruction, and species extinction are all present-day concerns, not consequences to be dealt with by our descendants.
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Smithsonian Secretary David Skorton Resigns After Raising $2 Billion for the Institution
The 13th secretary of the Smithsonian will leave the institution less than four years into his role, breaking his initial five-year agreement with the Smithsonian. He will go on to lead a healthcare nonprofit.
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Remembering Sarah Cromarty's Painted Portals and Prophets
An exhibition pays tribute to the wondrous vision of a Los Angeles-based artist who died this year at the age of 37.
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Best of 2018: Our Top 20 Exhibitions Around the World
Hyperallergic's writers and editors around the world share their top non-US exhibition choices this year.
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Week in Review: New Mexico Mayor Donates Year's Salary to Judy Chicago Museum, Researchers Launch Egon Schiele Database
Also, a Dutch art dealer's grandson sues the Dutch government to return paintings sold to Nazis under duress, the Eastern Orthodox Church has filed a lawsuit against Princeton University to return stolen manuscripts, and more.