Art
The Art that Flourished Under Mussolini
While unquestionably autocratic, Mussolini did not oppose the proliferation of unofficial artistic styles.
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Looking at Renoirs, Moving and Still
Not only did Pierre-Auguste and Jean Renoir share DNA, but also a muse, who was the father’s last model and the son’s future wife.
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Three Decades Distilled into 180 Portraits
Liu Wei returns to New York to show an idiosyncratic body of work that marks a radical departure from the paintings that made him a star
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Photographers Connect Africa’s Diaspora Back to the Continent
A group of contemporary artists re-imagine the African Diaspora through references to the landscape, masks, clothes, and adornments.
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An Abandoned Detroit Church Poetically and Subtly Divided in Two
Manal Shoukair's installation at Shylo Arts, a transparent scrim stretched across the entire space at about chest level, is an understated but powerful intervention.
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Lower Manhattan Cultural Council Presents the 17th Annual River to River Festival
Held from June 15-24, the River To River festival provides world-class, free summer arts and cultural experiences downtown, inspiring residents, workers and visitors by connecting them to the best of the arts, the creative process, and unique places.
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Museum of Modern Art Staff Protest Outside Fundraising Gala, Demanding a Fair Contract
About 100 MoMA workers and their supporters rallied outside the Museum as donors and trustees arrived to draw attention to ongoing contract negotiations that are currently at an impasse.
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Gorogoa Is a Hand-Illustrated Puzzle That Reflects the Transformative Power of Imagination
Jason Roberts spent seven years hand-illustrating Gorogoa, a layered puzzle game that unfolds like a fragmented storybook.
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Against Consuming Images of the Brutalized, Dead, and Dying
Reproducing and repurposing brutal visuals carries the risk of desensitizing, and further reinforcing the terrorizing normalization of what shouldn’t be mundane.
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Art Movements
This week in art news: a man was arrested for attacking an Ilya Repin painting at Moscow's Tretyakov Gallery, auction houses in the UK vowed to tackle their gender pay gaps, and France's Culture Ministry said it would find a new location for Jeff Koons's giant bouquet sculpture.
Books
As Climate Change Dries a Southwest Reservoir, a Drowned Canyon Returns
For Drowned River: The Death and Rebirth of Glen Canyon on the Colorado photographers Mark Klett and Byron Wolfe with author Rebecca Solnit explored the return of a flooded Southwest landscape.
Art
What’s the Value of an Online Art Crit?
It's all about democratizing art education.