Art
Who Decides What Is Violent in the Museum?
Tone deaf, in a period defined by police brutality and racial discrimination, the MCA in Denver's spring exhibitions meditate on violence through a lens harkening back to Jim Crow.
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In Brief
How a Lovers' Quarrel Led to Francis Bacon's 1968 Arrest for Marijuana Possession
A tape recently made public reveals that Bacon was busted by the Chelsea drug squad after a feud with his lover George Dyer.
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A Poet Who Delivers Dreams to Your Doorstep
During the day Mathias Svalina writes the dreams. At 2am, he begins to deliver.
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The Decade that Changed the Art World: Money, Media, and Brands in the 1980s
The primary takeaway of Brand New at the Hirshhorn is its demonstration of how high the stakes of representation became during the 1980s, a decade of proliferating imagery and technology.
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New Database Highlights Overlooked European Avant-Garde Artists
Forgotten Heritage offers visitors around 800 records to explore, from documentation of artworks to texts.
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After Frida Kahlo Barbie Debacle, Licensing Company Sues Artist's Relative
The Frida Kahlo Corporation is suing the artist's great niece, claiming she is falsely presenting herself as someone who has the power to grant licensing permits for Kahlo's name and image.
Art
Join Hyperallergic & The MacDowell Colony in Philadelphia to See Taylor Mac
On Saturday, June 9, we'll meet at the Kimmel Center for Taylor Mac's epic 12-hour performance, and then Sunday June 10, we'll visit the studios of MacDowell Fellows John Schlesinger, Jesse Harrod, Gabriel Martinez, and Megan Biddle.
Art
Open Engagement Returns to the Queens Museum for Artist-Led Conference on Sustainability
This will be the 10th edition of the artist-led conference and "the last in its current form," according to the organizers.
Interview
The Aesthetics of Gentrification, and New York’s Top-Down Approach to Change
Mapping New York today, Jeremiah Moss hits the high notes of the city’s dance with neoliberalism.
In Brief
Picasso, Monet, and Matisse Lead the Way to $646M Haul at Christie's Rockefeller Evening Sale
The blockbuster auction set new records for works by Matisse and Monet and notched Picasso's second-highest auction sum ever, $115 million for a Rose period painting.
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Why Do Artists Choose Los Angeles?
I've never felt more at home.
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Cornell University Department of Art Presents Big Snack, 2018 MFA Exhibition at Signal
The exhibition features work by all 12 of the current M.F.A. candidates in Cornell’s interdisciplinary visual art program.