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Required Reading
This week, MVRDV's stunning Tianjin Binhai Library, cybercrime in galleries, a history of protest posters, the nationalist critics of the Taj Mahal, and much more.
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The Vibrant Palette of Raghubir Singh’s India
Singh did justice to the most layered and dense figurations of his Indian homeland.
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On the Road with Wayne Thiebaud
Wayne Thiebaud gets you to think about the folly and hubris of shaping the landscape to suit our needs.
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The Skeletons in History’s Closet
When do we stop believing that Robert E. Lee was an honorable man?
Interview
Louise Bourgeois: An Unfolding Portrait, a Conversation with Curator Deborah Wye
Wye provides an expert overview not only of Bourgeois's prints and artist’s books, but her work as a whole.
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A Haitian Artist’s Mesmerizing Eyes
Didier William's slithery forms surge forth and recede within a sphere of visual gravitas — heaving, throbbing, breathing.
Books
Japan’s Tattoo Art, in Classic Woodblock Prints
Ukiyo-e artists produced woodblock prints incorporating depictions of tattooed bodies that told personal stories of their own.
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The Quietly Radical Paintings of George Schneeman
In a real and deep sense, Schneeman was an integral part of a historical moment taking place on the Lower East Side before gentrification.
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Alberto Savinio’s Pre-Postmodern Grotesque
Savinio’s adulteration of old and new was highly influential in the postmodernist revolt against the strictures of formalism.
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Preparing the Dead in a Quiet Game About a Mortician’s Life
A Mortician's Tale is a contemplative video game in which players embalm and cremate bodies, and attend to the funerals of the dead.
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Can Social Tagging Deepen the Museum Experience?
Museums are reimagining their archives, their collections, and their relationship to their visitors through social tagging.
Books
A Stamp Designer Makes His Mark with Cheeky Designs
Vincent Sardon's The Stampographer, published by Siglio Press, collects the witty designs he makes with rubber stamps, which are sometimes several feet long.