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NYC Art Events to Support LA Fire Survivors
Two fundraisers in Manhattan this weekend feature readings and work for sale by dozens of artists.
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LA Fairs Move Forward, Calling on Art World’s Support
Frieze, Felix, and other shows will move ahead as planned in the wake of the fires as galleries told Hyperallergic that the need for financial support and community is greater than ever.
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Required Reading
This week: subway art honors NYC’s Native history, García Márquez on Netflix, Rachmaninoff’s last student turns 100, test-driving IKEA rooms, and much more.
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David Lynch, Conjurer of the Uncanny, Dies at 78
The visionary film director and artist was an institution unto himself — primarily of cinema, but also painting, music, photography, and culture at large.
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Why Is the National Gallery of Art Hosting a Trump-Vance Fundraiser?
Though not forbidden by nonprofit guidelines, such events at museums and institutions have long generated controversy.
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What to See in San Francisco Art Week
The celebratory and regenerative bells of Davina Semo and Ashwini Bhat, Kota Ezawa’s Alcatraz-inspired “video mural,” and more.
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Frida Kahlo’s Elegy to Heartache
Despite the fact that most of humanity has shared the devastating emotional turmoil of a breakup, the topic is strangely elusive in the history of art.
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Sylvia Plimack Mangold Turns Trompe L’oeil Inside Out
Rather than trying to fool us with her representational paintings or showing off her virtuosity in the realm of resemblance, everything is on the surface.
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A View From the Easel
“After teaching middle school for years, quiet still feels like a rare and precious luxury. Many ideas come to me amidst this silence.”
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Art Orgs Launch $12M Fund for LA Artists Affected by Fires
Donors include the Helen Frankenthaler and Ford foundations, the Getty and LACMA, and commercial galleries.
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The Unfathomable Loss of Artistic Heritage in Altadena
With much of the area now in ruins and no clear picture of recovery, artists are reflecting on the once-thriving community and imagining what the future might look like.
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The Crossword Grid’s Geometry of Memory
Cameron Granger pays homage to his grandmother’s rituals of puzzle-solving while rejecting the constrictive grids of urban planning.