Art
An Annual Compendium of Black Photography that Was a Revolutionary Act
In 1973, a small band of black artists published the Black Photographers Annual, Volume I, a book that changed the history of photography in America.
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Art Movements
This week in art news: Israeli authorities arrested five Palestinian art dealers suspected of selling looted antiquities to Hobby Lobby, six South Korean officials received prison sentences for blacklisting artists, and North Korea reportedly moved closer to completing Pyongyang's "Hotel of Doom."
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Cut-Up Carpet Wins New Zealand Drawing Prize
When is a drawing not a drawing?
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Archaeologists Discover a “Little Pompeii” in Southern France
The site in Vienne, a major provincial capital of the Roman empire, covers some 75,000 square feet and includes a public square, private homes, and a school.
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Wedding Photographer Wins $1M Suit Against Couple Who Publicly Shamed Her
A Dallas County district court ruled in favor of professional photographer Andrea Polito, who, in 2015, had sued Andrew and Neely Moldovan for ruining her reputation.
Art
Wood Sculptures Rooted in Politics and Philosophy
At the American University Museum, Foon Sham has assembled three vast sculptures from his signature wooden blocks.
Art
A Queer Homage to a 1970s Lesbian Separatist
Jill Johnston’s vision for a queer cosmic future is the inspiration for a show at Kate Werble Gallery.
Art
Bushwick After Dark
As I went deeper into photographing my subjects I found a common thread between performers and spectators: they would give themselves over to both sexual and visual ways of participating.
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The Met Museum Hands Over Another Antiquity Believed to Be Stolen
A foot-tall sculpture of a bull's head was handed over to Manhattan's district attorney last month at Lebanon's request, but collectors from Colorado are claiming to be its rightful owners.
Books
How a Chatbot Became a Conceptual Poet
In a conversation with poet Ulf Stolterfoht, a chatbot pushes language towards its breaking point in a way no human could.
Comics
Oh, to Be a Studio Pooch
Not everyone in the artist's studio does the obvious labor of art.
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No, Stephen Miller, the Statue of Liberty Can’t Be Divorced from the Poem on Its Base
In a White House press briefing that announced President Donald Trump’s support for the RAISE Act, Miller dismissed Emma Lazarus’s poem as being “added later.”