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This week in art news: cities across the US examined their holdings of Confederate monuments, "Trumpy the Rat" made its debut, and a de Kooning stolen in 1985 was recovered.
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The Japanese American Architect Who Was a Disciple of Frank Lloyd Wright
Kaneji Domoto, a little-known architect from the Bay Area, designed five houses for the famous planned community of Usonia.
Film
A Polish Filmmaker Explores Trans Identity Through Abstraction
Wojciech Puś's Endless is loosely based on the life of a trans woman, but it is not about a journey from point A to point B.
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After Trump Calls Confederate Monuments “Beautiful,” Twitter Responds with Memes
The responses to this drivel came swiftly on Twitter, with people pointing out all the beautiful works of public art that have popped up this year alone, including guerrilla sculptures of a nude Trump.
Art
A Smorgasbord of Spiritualism Centered on Fantastical Coffins
Jack Shainman’s summer show, spread across galleries in Chelsea and Kinderhook, NY, effectively encourages existential reckoning.
News
B&H Photo Will Pay $3.2M to Settle Department of Labor Lawsuit
The Department's February 2016 suit outlined 15 violations, from discriminatory hiring practices to racially segregated bathrooms, at B&H Photo's warehouse in the Brooklyn Navy Yard.
Art
The Early-20th-Century Painter Who Captured Solar Eclipses
In 1918, painter Howard Russell Butler precisely captured what the camera could not: the fiery colors of a solar eclipse.
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Religious Extremists Pressure Indonesian Temple to Cover Giant Statue of a God
The 98-foot-tall statue of Guan Yu in East Java was unveiled in July, but last week nationalist and Muslim protesters rallied to demand its destruction.
News
Mural or Billboard? The Dispute Over a Shepard Fairey in Brooklyn Heads Back to Court
In 2014, the renowned street artist created a mural in Williamsburg that was very similar to a record cover he designed for Interpol. The resulting legal dispute recently spawned its third appeal.
Comics
The Artist Is Not Present
Let's just say my mind is elsewhere.
Art
A New School Trains Artists to Be Politicians
The Artist Campaign School, a new initiative from Fractured Atlas, will train artists in the practical skills necessary to successfully run for elected office.
News
Charting the Proliferation of Confederate Symbols Alongside Social Movements
A chart by the Southern Poverty Law Center cataloguing Confederate symbols around the country recently resurfaced.