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Guerrilla Golden Toilets Across the US Invite You to "Take a Trump!"
An anonymous collective called the Art Finksters dropped the loos — which are emblazoned with an image of a pig wearing a crown — on the president's 100th day in office.
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Art
Two Different Artists Marvel at the Modern Means of Travel
At Richard Taittinger Gallery, painter Nirveda Alleck and sculptor Eric van Hove evoke the mechanics of the modern world.
Art
A Dance About Decolonizing the Body at EFA Project Space
On May 13 at EFA Project Space, Zavé Martohardjono will perform a work that focuses on freeing the body from colonial time structures.
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Lezley Saar Explores Gender Fluidity at Walter Maciel Gallery
Lezley Saar, who is part of one of the most prolific families in contemporary American art, has a new solo show titled Gender Renaissance opening this Saturday.
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A View into the Living Room of America
If there ever was one American psychic space, soul, or ethos, it forked a long time ago into divergent streams you can see in this show.
Books
The Regal, Bloody, and Fiery History of the Color Red
Michel Pastoureau's new book tackles the complicated history of the color red, from regal hue of kings to scandalous shade of harlots.
Art
Malta Returns to the Venice Biennale After 17 Years
Malta's pavilion offers a sense of the tiny nation interrogating itself as it steps onto the international stage.
Performance
A Performance Overwhelms the Audience with Racism in an Attempt to Heal
A show at 3-Legged Dog relies on the premise that the patient — the nation — is so ill, the most barbaric form of intervention is necessary: bloodletting.
Art
Humanizing a Museum’s Ancient Mummies
"The story of mummification begins with a person's death," starts the Mummies exhibition now at the American Museum of Natural History in New York.
Art
A Ceramicist Displays His Private Experiments in Clay
At Volume Gallery, Anders Ruhwald is showing small, colorful ceramics that don't generally leave his studio.
Art
A Symposium and Festival for Periodicals and Other Printed Matter
On May 11–13, the Institute for Public Knowledge at NYU will host an event dedicated to the politics of printed matter and digital archiving.
Books
Rediscover a 19th-Century Compendium of North American Trees
Botanists François-André Michaux and Thomas Nuttall documented every known tree in North America. A new book compiles over 270 plates from their original publication.