Art
Sculptor Camille Claudel Finally Gets Her Own Museum
In the French town of Nogent-sur-Seine, the Musée Camille Claudel opened last month with 43 of the artist’s sculptures, the largest collection anywhere in the world.
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A 1792 Mexican Novel Shows Early Day of the Dead Iconography
Engravings by Francisco Agüera Bustamante in The Astounding Life of Death show the bony figure in a variety of roles, from a baby to a king.
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Carroll Dunham’s Erotic Paintings of Male Nudes at Blum & Poe
Carroll Dunham's latest paintings of men acting out masculine rituals in his signature landscapes opens this Friday at Blum & Poe in Los Angeles.
Books
A Designer’s 1977 Road Map to Better Visual Literacy Gets Rereleased
A new edition of George Nelson's How to See shows that his guide to the human-made landscape is as relevant as ever.
News
?Dutch Architects Outfit a Building in Emoji?
The emotive faces from our keyboards are now literally plastered across a building in the city of Amersfoort in central Netherlands.
Art
A History of Performance Art as Protest at the 8th Floor
On April 26, Martha Wilson will bring together a slew of artist-activists for a teach-in.
Film
A Documentary Introduction to the Art World, with Star Power and Obvious Ideas
Blurred Lines: Inside the Art World, showing at the Tribeca Film Festival, is a successful crash course in the forces shaping the art market that fails to go deeper.
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Imagining the Portraits of African American Women Erased from History
In The Evanesced at the California African American Museum, Kenyatta A.C. Hinkle confronts society’s compulsion to reframe, mitigate, or eliminate the role of black women in the US.
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A Sports-Inspired Exhibit That’s Not Quite a Slam Dunk
March Madness at Fort Gansevoort cleverly presents the appurtenances of sports: the equipment, trophies, and objects that adorn athletic bodies.
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The Hidden History of Wakashu, Edo-Era Japan's "Third Gender"
An eye-opening exhibition at Japan Society closely examines representations of wakashu in woodblock prints from the collection of the Royal Ontario Museum.
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The Drawings Ida Applebroog Made During a Breakdown
In 1969, the artist committed herself to San Diego's Mercy Hospital. While there, she made work grappling with her depression.
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Mexican Artist Yoshua Okón Lectures at Otis College
Okón, who will deliver his talk on April 25, is a seminal figure in the cultural life of Mexico City.