Art
The Hand-Painted Ghouls and Specters of Mid-20th-Century Carnival Ghost Trains
Almost all carnivals traveling the circuits in the United States and Great Britain in the 1940s and '50s towed their own haunted railroad.
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A Cookbook Inspired by Brad Pitt's On-Screen Eating Habits
You know when you're watching a Brad Pitt movie and Brad Pitt is eating food in the movie and you're not sure which you want more, Brad Pitt or the food?
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Evocative and Futile Fantasies of Nature Tamed
MONTRÉAL — It is known that hummingbirds come to the call of red, their eyes configured for a sensitivity toward rouged hues.
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Modeling the Modern Witch in the Age of Trump
Americans love their mythos almost as much as they love their country. But with the appalling lack of civility during this year’s election, a few monsters of our past are returning to wreak havoc.
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Harboring Art in Historic Spaces at the 2016 Governors Island Art Fair
The circular sandstone fort of Castle Williams has had numerous identities since it was completed on Governors Island in 1811, from New York City harbor defense to Civil War barracks to military prison.
Books
From White Cube to White Panel: Comics Informed by Contemporary Art
Blaise Larmee was a natural choice to edit the first issue of Mirror Mirror, the new flagship anthology from Minneapolis-based comics publisher 2dcloud.
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An Artist's Plot to Unlock Luis Barragán's Archive with a Diamond Made from His Ashes
MEXICO CITY — In a multiyear project that has exploded beyond any one gallery space, New York's Jill Magid has reactivated the legacy of Mexican modernist architect Luis Barragán.
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Astrological Aesthetics: September 2016 Horoscopes
Hyperallergic’s horoscopes offer astrological advice for artists and art types, in art terms, every month.
Art
How Robert Irwin Breaks the Rules of Art
WASHINGTON, DC – Americans have always appreciated a little rebelliousness.
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Paintings from Memory
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The Disturbing Personal Archive of a Former Detroit Policeman
TOLEDO, OH — It's impossible to consider the content of Beautiful Pig, a collection of works by artist Ben Schonberger, as wholly separate from the scourge of police and state-sanctioned violence against people of color.
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The Morgan Marks the Centennial of Einstein’s General Theory of Relativity
A century has passed since Albert Einstein published his general theory of relativity, which at its core demonstrates that space and time are connected, and both involved in gravity.