Art
A Warehouse Haunted by American Political Horrors
Doomocracy, artist Pedro Reyes's new project for Creative Time, is part haunted house and part immersive theater.
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How Cold War Politics Sabotaged Norman Rockwell’s Art
An exhibition at the Norman Rockwell Museum tracking the drop and resurgence in popularity of narrative art raises much bigger questions than it set out to address.
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How One River School of Art + Design Is Transforming Education
Lets face it, Art Education is broken in America. Fixing it has become the personal mission of Matt Ross, the Founder of One River School of Art + Design.[http://engine.nectarads.com/p/eyJhdiI6MTA5MjksImF0IjoyMCwiYnQiOjAsImNtIjo0Njg1MjYsImNoIjoxOTMwLCJjayI6e30sImNyIjoxNzQ0NDc5LCJkbSI6NCwiZmMiOjIwNzA
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ArtRx LA
LOS ANGELES — This week the Hammer Museum hosts a retrospective of the Thai filmmaker Apichatpong Weerasethakul, the California African American Museum throws an opening party for several new exhibitions, artists transform a project space into a freaky and funky haunted house, and more.
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“Art Does Change Things”: A Conversation with Curator and Art Historian Kellie Jones
Kellie Jones, a curator, Columbia University professor, and 2016 MacArthur Fellow, spoke to Hyperallergic about her work, life, and the evolving world of contemporary art.
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A Naughtier, Contemporary Take on Old Masters Debauchery
In direct response to scenes of mythical debauchery depicted in paintings by Titian and Poussin, George Shaw uses the woodland backdrop to imagine the morning after.
Books
Paintings of a Homegrown Black Superhero
A great deal of art leverages mystique by processing experience through varying layers of abstraction. The N-Word, a new collection of paintings by the artist Peter Williams — published by Rotland Press and with contributions by writers Lynn Crawford and Bill Harris — does the opposite: it lays out a response
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Reprinting 'Depero Futurista,' the First Modern Artist's Book
Originally published in 1927, 'Depero Futurista' holds the revolutionary visions of its creator, the Italian Futurist Fortunato Depero, from his dynamic typographic experiments to his sketches of costumes meant for a ballet without humans.
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ArtRx NYC
This week, don't miss a dance project about AIDS, the launch of a book of artists' writings, an international gallery exchange in Bushwick, and more.
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When Edward Weston Took Photographs for Walt Whitman's 'Leaves of Grass'
Although the book was a failure, Edward Weston considered his 1941 photographs for Walt Whitman's 'Leaves of Grass' as some of his best work.
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Disappearing in One of James Turrell’s Perceptual Cells
Through a combination of light and sound, for a few moments at least, the work can strip you of all the typical assurances of selfhood.
Books
Nocturnal Photographs of the World's Oldest Trees
Photographer Beth Moon documents the world's oldest trees by the starry light of the night sky.