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Virginia MOCA Presents Inka Essenhigh: A Fine Line
Ghosts and gods, monsters and maenads, carry Essenhigh’s portrayal of the 21st-century human from her brush into the viewer’s imagination.
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My Mom Thinks Artist Residencies Are Retreats
But for me, they're occasions to get a lot of work done.
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After Incendiary Performance, Russian Artist Awaits His Fate
Petr Pavlensky fled Russia in 2017, but late last year he was arrested after setting fire to France's central bank. The subsequent legal proceedings have been cloaked in secrecy.
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Required Reading
This week, National Geographic's racist past, reviewing Surrealism in Egypt, the best museum in the world, FBI surveillance of black bookstores, Portugal's role in introducing tempura to Japan, and more.
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A Minimalist Transformation of Minimalism
Otis Jones proves that painting’s parameters continue to be commodious — even reductive painting has not been used up.
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Deana Lawson’s Iconoclastic Portraits
Lawson confronts viewers with multifaceted visions of black identity, as embodied by strangers and neighbors alike, with whom she has established an intense rapport.
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Sliding Down the Slippery Slope
The choice has come down to essential realities or a life of fantasy.
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The Politics of Sound in a Prison
Lawrence Abu Hamdan attempts to reconstruct the psycho-physical conditions in which prisoners lived at Syria’s Saydnaya prison by using recorded testimonials.
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Refereeing Trump
Richard Kraft has classified Trump’s daily actions “in the fashion of a soccer referee,” assigning yellow and red cards to the President’s conduct.
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Les Demoiselles de Duck Soup (with Recipe)
No doubt your university art history lectures were always after lunch.
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Los Angeles's Art Book and Zine Fair Scene Is Booming, Here's a Shortlist
’Tis the season for art book and zine fairs in LA, and we can't wait.
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Pittsburgh Will Replace Racist Monument with Statue of a Black Woman
After the city decided to replace the statue of an antebellum songwriter, they are now asking the public to help vote on its replacement.