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Join the Lesley Low-Res MFA Program this June in Boston/Cambridge
Designed for working professionals. Applications are due May 15 for the June 21–30 residency program.
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Art
The Need for More Complex Exhibitions on Lesbian Visual Culture
I was excited to see Lesbian Matters — as we truly are in desperate need of exhibitions dealing with lesbian visual culture — but I was saddened by its lack of complexity.
Art
Enter Thierry Mugler's Seductive World of Counter-Culture Fashions
What does the French designers back catalogue say about his tendency to clothe celebrities like Kim Kardashian and Cardi B?
Art
Erasing the Binaries that Attempt to Contain Our Bodies
The body glistens. It is naked. It is torqued so that the face faces one bearing and the belly and genitalia faces the opposite. The translucent surface that skins the figure gleams wet.
Books
Layering Vintage Slides to Create Strange New Narratives
Artist Ian Trask delved into a collection of thousands of 35mm slide photographs to juxtapose the found imagery into surreal scenes.
News
UK Returns Babylonian Tablet to Iraq, V&A Buys Dalí Lamps
Also, George Michael's collection sells at auction, the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts received a gift of 78 artworks, and more.
Comics
Five Reasons Why You Shouldn't Take Your First Date to an Art Show
From unnecessary multitasking to awkward glimpses.
Art
Photographs Enliven the Public and Historic Spaces of an Indian City
This year's Chennai Photo Biennale is spread across the city, with many heritage sites providing layered historical contexts and compelling physical backdrops.
Books
Why Landscape Painting Is Thriving in the 21st Century
Art critic Barry Schwabsky's new book presents a global survey of contemporary landscape painting.
News
Art Movements
Rei Kawakubo was awarded the 2019 Isamu Noguchi Award, New York is seeking artists to turn sanitation trucks into works of art, and more.
Film
A New Film Charts the Spread of “Ferrante Fever”
What accounts for the wild success of Elena Ferrante's Neapolitan Novels? In a 70-minute film, literary luminaries from the US and Italy survey the mysterious author's cultural impact.
Art
How Art Can Operate as Soft Power
As the polarization over Catalan independence deepens in Spain, two recent exhibitions at the Antoni Tàpies Foundation underscore how art and soft power are more relevant than ever before.