Art Review
The Artists Who Made a “Sculpto-Pictorama” of Manhattan
With a zest for New York City and its people, Ruckus Manhattan by Red Grooms and Mimi Gross chooses celebration over hopelessness.
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Casa Susanna Is a Glimpse Into a Midcentury Refuge for Trans Women
As exciting as it is to see snapshots of this community, it’s just a tiny taste of the vast and long-standing history of trans people around the globe.
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Smithsonian’s New Trump Impeachment Label Is Shorter and Safer
The institution installed an updated label to a display about presidential impeachments after backlash over the text’s removal.
Art Review
The Asian Modernists of Paris
Across more than 220 works by Asian artists, a landmark exhibition tells a different story of the city’s golden age.
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Court Sides With Peter Doig in Bizarre Authorship Lawsuit
An Illinois judge found an art dealer, a former corrections officer, and their lawyer liable for $2.5M after they sued the artist over a work he denies creating.
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A Photographer Brings New York City’s Water System to the Surface
Stanley Greenberg has spent decades answering the question of how water arrives in our taps and building interest in this vast and impressive system.
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Thai Art Center Censors Exhibition After “Pressure” From China
Works by artists from Hong Kong, Tibet, and the Uyghur diaspora were altered to avoid “diplomatic tensions between Thailand and China,” the Bangkok Art and Culture Center said.
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10 Art Shows to See in Los Angeles This August
Kevin Beasley’s translucent portals, Judy Baca’s reimagined paleta cart, posters from Ghanaian mobile cinema, Marnie Weber’s monumental dollhouse, and more.
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As ADAA’s Art Show Changes Course, a Nonprofit Is Left in Limbo
The fair was a major source of unrestricted funding for the Henry Street Settlement, a beloved New York social services organization.
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“Alligator Alcatraz” Construction Halted, But Native Heritage Remains at Risk
The Miccosukee Tribe says the notorious detention center is located close to “hundreds, if not thousands, of protected ceremonial and religious sites.”
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Required Reading
This week: 80 years since the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, Black Girls in Art Spaces, remembering a salsa luminary, Jinkx Monsoon takes on JK Rowling, and more.
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Kasmin and Clearing Galleries Announce Closures
They are the latest in a wave of shutterings in recent months.