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The Startling Abstractions of Arpita Singh
For those who know only Singh’s figurative paintings, this exhibition of 33 abstract works will come as a surprise in the very best sense.
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Caravaggio’s Fascination with Death
The artist's last two paintings are as impetuous, violent, and racked with guilt as Caravaggio was himself.
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When Parisians Took to the Barricades
In 1848 and 1871, the working-class citizens of Paris rose up and took over sections of the city, governing themselves in what would briefly become a large-scale experiment in an alternative society.
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Minoru Onoda, Circle Master from Japan's Gutai Group
Onoda daydreamed about the power of his dots and circles to poke a defiant thumb in the eye of “the world we are now living in."
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At the Venice Biennale, Pinocchio Is a Trojan Horse for Capitalist Critique
In the Scottish Pavilion, Rachel Maclean’s film Spite Your Face lays bare how greed corrupts so deeply that even helpless souls are turned savage.
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Photographs Document Arctic Change on Our Frozen Seas
Pictures like Diane Tuft's and Stefan Hunstein's eventually may be all that remains to remind us of the Arctic’s terrible beauty.
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An Audio Tour Dredges Up the Dark Ecology of NYC's Newtown Creek
A new field guide takes listeners on a walk along one of the country's most polluted waterways, where unexpected nature mingles with relics of industry.
Opinion
New VR Arts Platform Launches with Abramović, Eliasson, Koons, and a Whole Lot of Hype
Acute Art aspires "to explore and enable the transition from art in the physical world into the new, disruptive realm of VR," something artists have been doing for years.
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A New Website Tells the Stories of Over 4,000 Lynchings in the United States
The Equal Justice Initiative, with the support of Google, launched an online interactive that visualizes lynchings from the Civil War to World War II in 20 American states.
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Philadelphia Unveils New Pride Flag to Recognize People of Color
The new flag, created for Philadelphia's #MoreColorMorePride initiative, features additional black and brown stripes.
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A Death-Plagued Gilded Age Ballroom, Recreated on the Edge of Central Park
I don’t believe in ghosts, but if I did, I would wonder whether the many dead owners of the William C. Whitney Ballroom might be tempted to haunt Liz Glynn’s reincarnation of it.
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Portraits of Angelenos that Illuminate the Complexities of the City
The photographs in Star Montana's show at Beta Main contain the beauty of Los Angeles without hiding its rougher edges.