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Chronicling the Stains of History
Born three years after Hitler’s rise to power, the Austrian artist Bruno Gironcoli wandered a postwar mindscape of grim hallucinations and grimmer jokes.
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Laughter and Tears in Hunter College’s MFA Thesis Show
Many of the works by the graduating class of Hunter College's MFA program fall, broadly speaking, into one of two categories: darkly political, or irreverently funny.
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How Archaeology Has Fueled Successful Art Experiments
An arts festival in Athens created an opportunity for international artists to think through the power and impact of archeology on nationalism and history.
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Artists Put Ireland’s Abortion Referendum into Perspective
The debate only appears to be strictly about the rights of women versus the rights of the unborn; deeper, historic, social complexities of female sexuality are all but lost. Art can go further.
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7,600 Edvard Munch Drawings Now Available to Discover Online
The Munch Museum in Oslo digitized not only its own holdings of Munch's works on paper, but also those from other museums and private collections.
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Art Historians Discuss Strategies for Dealing with Work by Abusive Artists
San Francisco’s Legion of Honor Museum invited historians to respond to its Casanova exhibit and share ideas for how to reinterpret and display art history.
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Leon Golub's Visions of Raw, Endless Violence
We cannot escape violence, Golub suggests. We cannot overcome it or circumvent it or negotiate with it.
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"I Made a Habit of Doing What You Were Not Supposed to Do": Roland Reiss on His Shape-Shifting Career
Reiss, now 89, says he has "a confidence and sense of depth" that he had "not yet attained as a young artist."
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The Importance of Havana's First Alternative Biennial for the Cuban Art Scene
In order to understand the importance of an alternative biennial, one needs to look closely at the history of biennials in Cuba.
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Art Movements
This week in art news: the five male artists shortlisted for the BelgianArtPrize withdrew from the competition, hateful leaflets were strewn outside the Rothko Chapel, and the Royal Mail unveiled six new stamps to mark the 250th anniversary of the Royal Academy of Arts.
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Artists in Santiago Rediscover and Redefine Chile After Years of Relative Isolation
The relatively recent history of Pinochet's dictatorship looms over many Chileans, and artists are still in the process of reckoning with the country's past.
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Unpacking the Legacy of an Indigenous Uprising in Norway
A rich combination of artworks, set in a labyrinth relating art, duodji, books and archival materials, tells the long and anguished story of Norway's treatment of indigenous Sámi communities.