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I’ve Had My Fill of Adult Coloring Books
In the past three or so years, coloring has become a massive trend for adults.
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At a Historic House in Harlem, Artists Weave the Past into the Present
Sometimes it’s good to focus on the small victories.
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Remembering Collector William Louis-Dreyfus
The death of William Louis-Dreyfus on September 16, at 84, deprived us of a truly remarkable man.
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A Village of Musical Architecture Inaugurates Its First Permanent Space
NEW ORLEANS — This weekend the roving Music Box Village of New Orleans will welcome the public to its first permanent space with two days of performances.
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A Pair of Performances Exposes the Politics of How Museums Operate
The most conceptually compelling work of art in the Guggenheim’s But a Storm Is Blowing from Paradise: Contemporary Art of the Middle East and North Africa is also its least visible.
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Building a Black Identity That's Both Ancient and Contemporary
The first time I saw Stan Squirewell’s work was around two or three years ago.
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A Rare Suite of Kandinsky's Experimental Prints Goes on View
In 1895, after deciding to turn from a career in academic law to art-making, Wassily Kandinsky was working as the artistic director of a print shop in Moscow.
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Peeved Protester Throws Pee at Censored Photo Show in Moscow
A private museum in Moscow has shut down its retrospective of the work of US photographer Jock Sturges after state officials called his images of nude girls “propaganda of pedophilia," a protester threw urine at his pictures, and officers in camouflage stormed the space, RT reported.
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A VR Archive for the Vanishing Haunted House Ride
"Like pinball and computer games, it’s hard to get people to take ghost trains seriously, but they aren’t just important, they are disappearing," Joel Zika, creator of the Dark Ride Project, told Hyperallergic.
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A New National Museum Conveys the Pain and Power of the African American Experience
WASHINGTON, DC — After 100 years of lobbying, 10 years of planning, and almost 5 years of construction, the newest member of the Smithsonian family is finally here.
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The Dreamy, Steamy Settings of Brazil's Love Motels
Like gas stations or a fast-food chain restaurant, love motels are common fixtures of the Brazilian landscape. And like McDonald's golden arches, the signs on their facades often light up the surrounding block in vivid neon, signaling with little discretion that pleasure awaits just behind locked do
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A Ranking of George Stubbs's Greatest Racehorses
The British elite were racing fanatics in the 18th century, and there was no greater honor for a victorious horse than having its portrait painted by George Stubbs.