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Newly Unearthed Miniature Carving Changes Our Understanding of Bronze Age Art
A newly discovered warrior tomb suggests Bronze Age Aegean culture was more interested in naturalism and the human form than previously believed.
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Declassified Drawings from the British Government's UFO Desk
UFO Drawings From The National Archives by David Clarke publishes eyewitness illustrations of unidentified flying objects.
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The Aspirational Living and Jet-Setting of Midcentury Vinyl LPs
Designed for Hi-Fi Living delves beyond the kitsch of midcentury album art to explore the aspirational lifestyles, and travel destinations, in its visuals.
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For Gerald Williams, a Co-Founder of AfriCOBRA, Transnational Black Aesthetics Are as Relevant as Ever
Gerald Williams has lived in seven countries and five different states within the US, but his artistic roots are here on Chicago’s south side, the birthplace of AfriCOBRA, of which he was a member.
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Required Reading
This week, a $100,000 toilet, Kushners unwelcome at the Met, a walker's guide of NYC, self-publishing photo books, Jean Nouvel's embarrassing statement, and more.
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The Past and Future of China's Socialist Literature
The story Nicolai Volland tells will surprise those who believe communist China was closed to the world, and anyone who thinks communist literature is dull or irrelevant.
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Letters to the World: A Poet Turns His Words Into Song
In The Absolute Letter, poet Andrew Joron breaks words down to their constituent parts to reveal their hidden music.
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Sociopaths Don’t Cry
A full year after the election, thousands of US citizens wake each morning in shocked disbelief that Donald Trump is our president.
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You Are in Good Hands with Matt Connors
Connors has arrived at a synthesis of what, up until now, has been a stylistically identifiable but rather diverse output.
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An Artist’s Bond with Her Imprisoned Father
In Sable Elyse Smith’s exhibition Ordinary Violence, the artist’s father is both muse and specter.
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Michelangelo’s Majestic Humanity
The Met’s new exhibition presents Michelangelo not as a demigod, but as a student, a thinker, a teacher, and a friend.
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Arshile Gorky’s Heretical Abstractions
Ardent Nature: Arshile Gorky Landscapes offers an in-depth exposure to the artist’s personal flowering after spending years at the altar of Cézanne and Picasso