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Who Is Martin Puryear? A Primer on America's Next Representative at the Venice Biennale
The 77-year-old sculptor has a history of talking back to the government, but we will see if his streak continues on the world stage.
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A Photographer's Vision of Bollywood and Hollywood Royalty
Being photographed by Jitendra Arya was seen as a ticket to fame.
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Recharge Your Artistic Practice with Pratt SCPS Study Abroad Program
In partnership with World Strides ISA, Pratt offers specialized study trips to locations around the world led by acclaimed Pratt faculty.
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William Kentridge's Real and Metaphorical Cages Illuminate a Protest on Deportation
How interesting that William Kentridge envisioned the cage as the equivalent of a piece of luggage or a goat, something that we cannot leave behind.
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Considering Contemporary Strategies of Activist Curating and Art Making in Sharjah
Part II of a report on the 2018 Spring Exhibitions in Sharjah and the March Meeting.
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Fifty Years of AfriCOBRA's Radical, “Cool-Ade Colored” Art
AfriCOBRA, the Chicago-based art collective that helped develop the Black arts movement, celebrates its 50th anniversary in a new retrospective.
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"What the Hell Is That?": Banksy Discovers Moscow Exhibit of His Work Over Text Message
The street artist posted a frank conversation he had with a friend on Instagram, expressing his frustration with museums and galleries exhibiting his work in an unauthorized manner.
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As Criminalization of the Arts Intensifies in Cuba, Activists Organize
A Cuban decree seeks to censor artists to an unprecedented level, essentially regulating any and all artistic and cultural activity in the country.
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Two LA Curators Offer Sneak Preview of Their Work at South Korea Biennial
The Los Angeles County Museum of Art's own Christine Y. Kim and Rita Gonzalez are co-curators at this year's Gwangju Biennale, Asia's oldest contemporary art biennial.
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Uffizi Gallery’s Vast Sculpture Collection Goes Online in Interactive 3D Scans
The historic Uffizi Gallery in Florence partnered with Indiana University informatics and art history students and faculty to undertake the five-year project.
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Toledo, Ohio's Momentum Features Glass, Music, Art and Makers in Free Festival, September 13–15
Toledo’s Promenade Park will be transformed by dynamic interactive art projects, art exhibitions and performances, innovative music across a spectrum of genres, and a Mini Maker Faire.
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The Criminally Overlooked Talent of Baroque Painter Michaelina Wautier
Michaelina Wautier's artistic talent was on par with that of her famous male contemporaries, like Rubens and Van Dyck. The first-ever retrospective of her work offers long overdue recognition.