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Déjà Vu: Mark Williams’s Positive Echo
Mark Williams paints within the tradition of geometric abstraction and considers Agnes Martin, El Lissitsky, and Kazimir Malevich among his “art ancestors.”
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“Art” at the Science Museum: 'Da Vinci — The Genius' in Boston
In this age of fake news and climate change denial, we should be seeking to educate the public on scientific method rather than promulgating faulty science in the name of infotainment.
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Saying Goodbye to a Visionary Eye
The Susanne Hilberry Gallery was a gateway to the art world that lay beyond Detroit as well as a kind of training ground where artists, art students, and art critics could learn to view and interact with artworks critically.
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Chuck Webster’s Breakthrough
I have been following Chuck Webster’s work since his first show at Zieher Smith in 2003, where he employed different mediums on different kinds of antique and found paper. It was obvious to me that Webster loved to draw in both dry and liquid mediums, anything capable of making a line.
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Digitizing Route Books from the Golden Age of the American Circus
Over 300 route books made by American circuses are being digitized for the first time by Illinois State University, Circus World, and the Ringling Museum of Art.
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The Solitude and Sensuality of an Artist's Studio
Paul Mpagi Sepuya's exhibition at Yancey Richardson Gallery illuminates the intimate terrains of the artist's studio life.
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A 12,000-Pound Panorama of a Civil War Battle Is Lifted into Its New Home
The colossal 19th-century painting of the Battle of Atlanta has been hailed as a tribute to both the North and South, and its complicated history will be a focus in its new home at the Atlanta History Center.
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The Troubling Delight of Feminine Monsters
Bonnie Lucas's exhibition at JTT features surreal gouaches and playful assemblages that mess with the social conventions of girl- and womanhood.
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See the Original 1958 Sketches for the Peace Symbol
Gerald Holtom's rarely exhibited original sketches for the peace symbol will go on view this March at the Imperial War Museum in London.
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BANG! POW! SAD! Casting Trump as a Comic Book Villain
In R. Sikoryak's The Unquotable Trump, the President plays villain after villain in popular, pre-existing comic book series, each time rendered in the style of the original artist.
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Museums, Libraries, and Cultural Organizations Fight Misinformation with #DayofFacts
As a corrective to the perception that we are living in a post-truth reality, art, history, and science institutions around the world are sharing truths today through the social media hashtag #DayofFacts.
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A Group Gathers to Figure Out How to Get Artists Paid
On February 20, the Get Artists Paid alliance will meet in person for the first time, at Silent Barn, to discuss the lack of compensation for creators.