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British Painter Sarah Cunningham Dies at 31
Cunningham rose to prominence with her large-scale oil landscapes that walk the line between the natural world and entropic abstraction.
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Artist Invites the Public to Write Letters to the Next US President
Sheryl Oring has typed and sent thousands of messages to the White House every election since 2004 as part of her performance series I Wish to Say.
Art
What Happens When Creation Is Destruction?
The art of Cai Guo-Qiang and Gustav Metzger illuminates a problem in art-making today: What happens when creative pursuits, in fact, destroy?
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Artworks Encourage Voter Turnout Ahead of US Election
From a reprinting of ACT UP’s historic 1988 Election Day poster to contemporary images, artists are urging everyone to cast their ballots on November 5.
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Three Charged With Hate Crimes for Vandalizing Homes of Brooklyn Museum Leaders
The Brooklyn District Attorney’s office alleges that the accused individuals targeted museum officials who had “Jewish-sounding” names.
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The Hyperallergic Art Crossword: November 2024
A statue that just ~landed~ on NYC’s High Line, still-life objects, architectural vocab, van Gogh’s prescient physics, and much more.
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Two Exhibitions at The Met Send a Single Message: Vote!
Jesse Krimes’s rebuke of the US justice system and Anastasia Samoylova’s uncanny images of Florida stir a visceral response in an election defined by cognitive dissonance.
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In Silent Action, Activists Protest Keffiyeh Ban at Noguchi Museum Gala
Masked activists greeted benefit attendees as messages like “Culture Banned Here” were projected on the institution’s facade.
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Elizabeth Catlett’s Life as a Revolutionary Artist
A retrospective at the Brooklyn Museum conveys that Catlett’s artistic practice was inseparable from her dedication to Black and Mexican revolutionary politics.
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Artists Wrestle With Global Turmoil at the Toronto Biennial
The third edition of the Toronto Biennial of Art (TBA) suggests that we can make a home through scarcity and find merriment and beauty amid instability.
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A Mother-Daughter Inheritance Illustrated in Thread and Ink
Galician artist Bea Lema navigates themes of generational trauma and healing, tenderly illustrating the story of a daughter who desperately wants to protect her mother.
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Body Found in Search for Missing British Artist Sarah Cunningham
The painter was last seen in London in the early hours of Saturday, November 2.