Art
Rediscovering Edward Melcarth, a Gay, Communist Visionary
Kentucky-born artist Edward Melcarth dared to live as an openly homosexual man and did not hide his support for communism.
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A Homecoming for Mike Kelley and Jim Shaw
For fans of Kelley and Shaw, Michigan Stories is a kind of origin story, a way to decipher the work of two multifaceted and prolific artists.
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Leon Golub’s Cycles of History
Golub’s paintings cast the West’s Greco-Roman heritage not as a reflection of reason and order, but as a manifestation of its latent savagery.
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The Earliest Photos of the Frick, Taken When It Was Still a Private Residence
A newly digitized album of images shot by Ira W. Martin in 1927 captures the Frick mansion before it was transformed into a museum.
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Float Past Flying Fishes and Burning Churches in a VR Bosch Painting
This VR interpretation of Hieronymus Bosch's “The Temptation of Saint Anthony” was the most fun I’ve ever had with a painting.
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A Snowstorm Paralyzed Paris, But Its Museums Look Lovely
This week the French capital received far more than its usual share of snow, leaving many of its museums, gardens, and outdoor sculptures with a photogenic dusting of fresh powder.
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One of the Earliest Illustrated Medical Books Offers a Lens Into Medieval Health
Originally published in 1491, Fasciculus medicinae quickly proved popular, and dozens of editions followed until 1522.
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Jazz, Mardis Gras, and Musical History at the New Orleans Triennial
An exhibition at Prospect 4 is showcasing magnificent Mardi Gras costumes, collaged tape cases made by Louis Armstrong, and more.
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Artforum Posts Statement After Boycott Letter, and Amanda Schmitt's Attorneys Respond [UPDATED]
Artforum released a statement distancing itself from former publisher Knight Landesman. Attorneys for former employee Amanda Schmitt responded.
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Art Worker Salary Survey Aims to Understand the Gender Pay Gap
"This survey is not just for women. And not just for employees."
Art
The Political Truths That Ground Our Athletic Heroes
These men and women are our dreams, manifesting a grace that the rest of us lack — a grace we expect to stay aloft, in the air.
Books
Max Ernst’s Collage Novels Are Part Séance, Part Victorian Underworld, and All Uncanny
Ernst’s trailblazing “collage novels" employ the dreamlike conjunction — the fusion or juxtaposition of unlike elements whose collision makes perfect sense, in a free-associated way.