Art
The Exceptional Life and Political Art of Violet Oakley
Artistically, Oakley was the American counterpart of a British Pre-Raphaelite, but in terms of her social arrangements, she was decidedly a New Woman.
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The Past and Present of a Syrian-American Artist
Diana Al-Hadid is a cherished former student who is moving beyond talent into something much deeper and riskier, what Emerson called “the science of the real.”
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A Playful Take on the Still Life
Eliminating portraiture from her paintings and compressing the pictorial plane have allowed Holly Coulis to be more idiosyncratic, playful, convincing, and even funny.
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Swarming Geometry, Floral Colors, and Technological Space
Berran’s new paintings manifest an arresting, congenial gregariousness — while also showing their fangs.
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The Turbulent History of Global Chinese Art
The Guggenheim Museum’s Art and China after 1989: Theater of the World presents the conceptual and performance practices that brought Chinese artists into the discourse of global contemporary art.
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Perfection of Form, Color, Space, and Light
In the exhibition Excavations & Certainties, Theresa Hackett’s paintings and Shari Mendelson’s sculptures interact with a transcendence that turns the installation into its own immersive entity.
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Artists Kehinde Wiley and Amy Sherald Chosen to Paint Official Obama Portraits for the Smithsonian
Next year the portraits of the Obamas will enter the collection of the Smithsonian's National Portrait Gallery and judging by the choice of artists they're sure to be impressive.
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An App that Visualizes the Digital Hotspots and Voids Around You
The White Spots app visualizes the invisible digital networks around us, and maps your escape to a "white spot," where there is no reception or internet.
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Seeing Japan Through the Eyes of Frank Lloyd Wright
The architect's photographs from his first trip to Japan reveal his fascination with a country that played a large role in the development of his work.
Books
From Chocolate Gramophones to MP3s: The History of Sound in Images
The Art of Sound: A Visual History for Audiophiles by Terry Burrows is an illustrated history of recorded sound, from gramophones to the rise of digital.
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Become an Art Detective and Unravel the Mysteries of the UK's Public Collections
Art Detective is an initiative from Art UK that involves specialists and the public in solving mysteries about the public collections paintings in the UK.
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Cuba's Longest Running Independent Gallery to Launch Workshops on Art Outside Official Culture
Sandra Ceballos and Coco Fusco will create a series of workshops and educational programs exploring trends and developments in Cuban art beyond state-sponsored culture.