In Brief
Three Egyptian Curators Denied UK Visas to Attend Conference on “Beating Barriers”
If an award-winning curator with the backing of Microsoft can't gain access to the UK for an academic conference, then who can?
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The Radical Early Works of French Artist-Activist Jean-Jacques Lebel
A retrospective at Centre Pompidou features the eclectic early works of the artist, poet, political activist and scholar who spearheaded the European wing of the "happening" movement.
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Imaging a City of Marcel Duchamp's Readymades
Have you ever accidentally walked into an occupied bathroom? That incredulous shock of embarrassment is precisely what the Swiss Institute's new exhibition conjures.
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Booking a Trip to the Elusive Land Called Paradise
Jova Lynne explores the notions of Paradise and tourism in her performance art piece Paradise Travel Company.
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A Pop-Up Pencil Museum Underlines a History that Has Almost Been Erased
The Pencil Museum is an art installation by Jackie Mock that celebrates New York City's pencil history and its connection to Staten Island.
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Required Reading
This week, John Lurie isn't happy, galleries are leaving LA's Boyle Heights, threats to PoMo architecture, the corpse flower that doesn't want to open, cute brutalism, and more.
Books
Open Doors and Wounds in David Sedaris's Calypso
David Sedaris's Calypso is an intimate portrait of a writer who has, for so long, shared his entire life with a captivated audience.
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Taking Stock of Painting Today
It is not every day that you can go to Chelsea and see more than 100 paintings by 46 artists within the space of a few blocks.
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“I Want to Paint Every Color in the World”
By rejecting monochrome and the grid’s guarantee of homogeneity, Stanley Whitney has transformed aspects of Minimalism and Color Field painting into something all his own.
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Falsehood and Justice
Truth is beaten to death.
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Urban Ecological Consciousness at Wave Hill
By providing more information than viewers might process, the show's dense, small-font text highlights an aesthetic challenge that confronts social practice art.
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Racism and Erasure in Fred Wilson's Unearthed Histories
Wilson’s explicit reference to Africa expands the global network through which both cultural influences and African bodies were transmitted.