Art
A Chronicler of Philadelphia’s 20th-Century Black Life
Between the 1930s and '60s, John W. Mosley made photographs without any expectation that white people would see them. His intended audience was black.
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ArtRx NYC
A New Year's–themed edition, featuring the closing of a beloved bookstore, Coney Island festivities, parties, poetry, and more.
Art
An Artistic Storm Fills a Formerly Abandoned Water Reservoir
Magdalena Fernández's art installation is the first to fill the Buffalo Bayou Cistern, a formerly abandoned 1920s water reservoir in Houston, Texas.
News
Explore Sir John Soane's Wondrous Museum in 3D
The team at ScanLAB projects has been working with the Sir John Soane Museum to create an online replica of the institution.
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Untying the Knots of History Around Japanese-American Internment
Orlaineta is concerned with unpacking history and sifting through forgotten objects in order to reconstruct a story.
In Brief
Over 250,000 Photographs from the George Eastman Museum Go Online
The George Eastman Museum's historic photo collection is being digitized and it includes many important works of art.
Art
The Amorphous Taipei Biennial Tackles Nostalgia and Environmental Despair
Many of the individual pieces have merit, but the works neither shed light on one another nor enable a coherent dialogue.
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In the Darkness, Finding Rothko's Sense of Light
The confidence, for Rothko, is revealed through his insistence on the presence of the light, even though it may appear absent at the outset.
Art
Required Reading
This week, feathered dinosaur tails, the word of the year, the world's first solar panel road, selling art by Instagram, and more.
Hyperallergic
Happy Holidays and Merry Christmas from Hyperallergic!
May you be with those you love.
Art
Weekend Words: Gift
"Conceit is God's gift to little men."
Books
Reader’s Diary: ‘Bresson on Bresson’
Before starting to make films, Robert Bresson had been a painter. Or rather, he remained one, since according to him, “It’s not possible to have been a painter and to no longer be one.”