Art
Ai Weiwei Explores the Scale of Crisis in Four Large Installations
Four Ai Weiwei shows across Manhattan explore the aesthetics of crisis and the deluge that might consume us.
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Art
From Kass and Kruger to Koons, Artists Overwhelmingly Endorse Clinton for President
Hillary Clinton appears to be artists' favorite in the 2016 US presidential election, while her opponent Donald Trump has not been endorsed by a single well-known artist.
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At a Remote Russian Observatory, Contemporary Art Invokes the Wonder of Stargazing
The Special Astrophysical Observatory of the Russian Academy of Science, near the village of Nizhny Arkhyz, is hosting a contemporary art exhibition to mark the 50th anniversary of its construction.
Performance
Remembering and Reframing the Legacy of a Choreographer Lost to AIDS
A new dance work based on material by the choreographer John Bernd, who died of AIDS-related complications in 1988 at age 35, is the centerpiece of Danspace Project's annual Platform series.
Announcement
Artist Jitish Kallat Projects a Letter from Gandhi to Hitler
Jitish Kallat: Covering Letter, an immersive installation and video projection by Mumbai-based artist Jitish Kallat, opens at the Philadelphia Museum of Art on November 13, 2016.
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A Silent Soundwalk, Noisy with Abstract Compositions
Christine Sun Kim revisits Max Neuhaus's "LISTEN" 50 years later, in which the musician took a group of his friends on a sonic journey through the Lower East Side.
Comics
Alarm
We're all feeling the anxiety.
Art
An Ambitious Survey of the Titans of Abstract Expressionism
This expansive AbEx show is brash, irreverent, and unconstrained, just like the period it aims to express.
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A Radical Artist’s Journey from Fluxus to Full-On Commercialism
A retrospective devoted to pioneering Fluxus artist Ben Vautier tracks his evolution from a radical thinker and early conceptual artist to salable brand name.
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Opening Up to Agnes Martin’s Pure Abstraction
A retrospective of the artist's work at the Guggenheim Museum is worth seeing on more than one occasion, and it will probably appear differently each time.
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Art Movements
This week in art news: Pablo Picasso's former electrician admitted he lied in court about how he obtained hundreds of the artist's works, Barbara Kruger created a new work featuring Donald Trump for the cover of New York magazine, and Carel Fabritius's beloved painting "The Goldfinch" went on displa
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From Unreadable Books to a Font Called “Font,” Fiona Banner’s Text-periments
If you ever get joy from the written word, you might not like "Buoys Boys," Fiona Banner's pun-themed exhibition by the sea.