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Fusing Language and Landscape in Poetry
Lynn Melnick’s poetry — particularly its themes of sexual abuse, rape culture, violence, sex work, and drug use — pushes the boundary between public and private.
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When a Painting Becomes an Incantation
Douglas Florian’s choice of words reminds us how much our nation indulges in name-calling and name checks.
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Laurel Nakadate’s Diary of Mourning
Nakadate’s The Kingdom is haunted by grief and irrevocable loss.
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The Great Victim
The oppressor assumes the role of the oppressed.
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Family, Landscape, and Race in Sally Mann’s Photographs
Mann’s historical and social explorations are anchored in her embrace of her identity as a Southerner.
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Nature Painting as Rorschach Test
Colin Brant paints a peaceable kingdom of leopards, orangutans, owls, and parrots.
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Carrie Moyer Reaches for the Stars
Moyer’s new paintings revel in color and visual pleasure, scrambling distinctions between abstraction and representation.
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Culinary Delights and Other Fine Finds at the New York Antiquarian Book Fair
From a book about a cat's ghost to vintage French recipes, there are plenty of unusual — and expensive — finds at this fair.
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Aesthetics Matter at the Volta Art Fair
A century after the emergence of Dada, Mickalene Thomas and Racquel Chevremont's curated section is all about political collage.
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Classical Sculptures Raise Prosthetic Limbs for Disability Rights
The nonprofit Handicap International outfitted the Venus de Milo and other statues with 3D-printed prosthetic limbs to raise awareness of the global need for prosthetics.
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Art on Paper Folds Together Elegance and Unruliness
With 85 galleries this year, the New York art fair devoted to works on paper explores the large and small, the personal and political.
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Lapping Up NADA New York’s Lush Portraits and Giant Tongue Sculptures
There's no dominant trend or theme at the 2018 edition of the New Art Dealers Alliance's hometown fair, but it features good art aplenty, so who cares?