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Performing the Artist’s Role in the Community
Artist and production designer Liz Toonkel is hosting her own Town Hall meeting that examines the role of the artist within the community.
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Romare Bearden: Abstraction at the Neuberger Museum of Art Features Largely Unknown Works by the Artist
On view between September 10 to December 22, the show features abstract works that preceded the artist’s well-known collages.
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In Protest of Gentrification, Sydney Residents Turn Towers into Light Displays
Hundreds of residents of Waterloo estate have installed colorful lights in their windows to call attention to government plans to raze and redevelop the area.
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Redefining American Art Through an Intersectional Lens
At the Minnesota Museum of Art, We the People is filled with work that grapples not only with American identity but with an all-out call for revolution.
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Pacific Standard Time Returns with Sprawling Latin American and Latino Art Program
The Getty's long-awaited initiative on Latin American and Latino Art, Pacific Standard Time: LA/LA, officially kicks off this week.
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The Wellin Museum of Art Presents Innovative Approaches, Honored Traditions
Drawn from the museum's collection, the show includes works by Michelle Grabner, Elias Sime, and Vanessa German.
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Far-Right Criticism Shuts Down Brazil's Largest Ever Queer Art Exhibition
On Sunday, Santander Cultural unilaterally shut down Queermuseum after conservative critics accused it of promoting blasphemy and pedophilia.
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Decoding Techno-Orientalism in Science Fiction
The AC Institute is hosting a series of screenings that will examine the pervasive exoticization of Asian people and cultures in science fiction.
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Dutch Art Museum Chooses to Change Its Colonialist Name
The Witte de With Center for Contemporary Art in Rotterdam is named for a 17th-century naval officer who worked for both the Dutch West India and the Dutch East India companies.
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Near & Dear, an Exhibition Curated by Carrie Moyer
On view at the EFA Project Space, September 15–October 28, 2017.
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A Cuban Artist, Anthropologist, and Cosmologist’s Journey to West Africa
The exhibition showcases the unique space the Cuban artist José Bedia occupies: concurrently artist, anthropologist, and religious practitioner.
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An Ominous Score for Antarctica's Collapsing Glaciers
In downtown Chicago, the artist duo Luftwerk has created a public sound piece that evokes the calving of Antartica's Larsen C ice shelf.