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For Centennial of Duchamp’s “Fountain,” Some Museums Will Offer Free Admission with a Password
Dropping the right name could get you into a museum for free on Sunday, April 9.
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Art
An Exhibition Offers a Visual Biography of Sylvia Plath, Including Her Little-Known Art
The Smithsonian's National Portrait Gallery is opening a visual biography of the author Sylvia Plath, including her rarely-seen artwork.
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We Buy Gold Joins a Growing Cluster of Galleries in Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn
A new gallery is the latest to join a growing cluster of art spaces in the quickly gentrifying neighborhood.
Art
A Democratic Dance Moves Visitors at MoMA
Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker's Work/Travail/Arbeid is a kind of communal performance in which everyone is welcome.
Art
Surveying 20 Years of French Counterculture, Sans Punk Rebellion
In our age of imprudent Trumpism, this astute nasty display felt like dainty relics mislaid.
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Measuring the Social Impact of Internet Images
An ambitious exhibition at the International Center of Photography examines the relationship between new media and the offline world.
Art
The History of Tattoos in New York, from Bowery Sensation to Banned Art
The New-York Historical Society explores three centuries of Gotham's relationship to the tattoo through vintage images, electric pens, and live demonstrations.
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A Syllabus for Making Work About Race as a White Artist in America
This course offers a starting point: assignments for the white artist to understand their own racial position.
Comics
The Art of the Art Party
Who said art making was a solo activity?
Books
The Playful Yet Sobering Anti-Alcohol Posters of the Soviet Union
A new book from Fuel features previously unpublished anti-alcohol posters from the 1960s to '80s in the Soviet Union.
Art
Clay Vessels Pay Tribute to the Plastic Water Bottle
Jami Porter Lara's slick, black sculptures, currently on view at the National Museum of Women in the Arts, reframe how we see the ubiquitous plastic water bottle.
Art
A Feminist’s Cutting Critiques of Consumerism at Charlie James Gallery
Opening this Saturday, Nancy Buchanan's solo show Consumption explores that word's contemporary relevance through photography, collage, and video.