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Inside the Comics Collection of the World's Largest Medical Library
In 2016, the National Library of Medicine started collecting "graphic medicine" — materials that use comics to teach the public about illness and health.
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The Mesmerizing Mundane Objects of Ordinary North Korean Life
With North Korea so often discussed only in terms of extremes, this exhibit's focus on the mundane is what makes it so fascinating.
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Banksy Returns to New York with 14th Street Rat
A painting of a rat running in a 14th Street clock face as if in a hamster wheel is believed to be Banksy's first work in New York since 2013.
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Oscar Murillo, Hans-Ulrich Obrist, and 77 Others Decry Firing of Museum Director in Bordeaux
Maria Inés Rodriguez was abruptly fired after four years as the director of Bordeaux's Contemporary Art Museum, prompting a swelling of support from her peers.
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Tantalizing Quilts Woven with Poetic, Political Messages
The artists in Piecework embed intriguing, coded messages into their quilts.
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10 Years Ago, Stephen Hawking Unveiled a Clockmaker's Monument to Time
Time, according to a sculpture by John C. Taylor, doesn't pass. It is devoured.
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The Obama Portraits and the History of African American Portraiture
Like many African American portraitists, Amy Sherald and Kehinde Wiley represent the Obamas as themselves, and as more than themselves.
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Apply to Be a 2018–19 YBCA Fellow in San Francisco
The YBCA Fellows program brings together creative citizens from across the Bay Area - artists and everyday people alike - to engage in a yearlong process of inquiry, dialogue, and project generation.
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An Art Collection Fit for an Executed King
Underpinning this exhibition of work from the collection of the executed king is a focused arrangement that allows the political events of the time to be told through the narrative of the collection’s history.
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Sotheby’s Takes Down Richard Meier Exhibition After Sexual Harassment Allegations
"Under the circumstances, and in consultation with the Meier family, the decision has been made to close our exhibition early," a Sotheby's representative told Hyperallergic.
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How a 13-Year-Old Cartoonist Responded to the Parkland School Shooting
Sasha Matthews, who joined today's school walkout to protest gun violence, drew a bleak cartoon after last month's shooting.
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Paintings of Toxic Landscapes Where Politics and Aesthetics Are in Perfect Balance
Greg Lindquist's landscape paintings, rendered in a range of queasy-making yellows and greens, address air and water pollution from coal-powered plant emissions.