Art
How to Become Anonymous Online
LA's Cryptoparty Crew offers a brief guide to digital anonymity — which, more than simply protecting your identity, can be a means of resistance.
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Art Movements
This week in art news: a museum discovered that an 800-year-old Mixtec skull in its collection is a forgery, Iran barred works from the Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art from leaving the country, and Zaha Hadid Architects distanced itself from principal Patrik Schumacher's pro-gentrification comment
Art
Ceramics Stage a Coup at NADA Miami Beach 2016
Typically a stronghold of painting, the NADA Miami Beach fair is awash in clay sculpture this year.
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Egyptian Writer Convicted of "Violating Public Modesty" Faces Final Appeal
Ahmed Naji is currently serving a two-year prison sentence, after a man claimed the author's words made him sick.
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At Standing Rock, Two Artists Help Women Confront the Trauma of Sexual Violence
Native American women have the highest rates of sexual violence in the United States and two Native American artists are tackling the issue at the Oceti Sakowin Camp in North Dakota.
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The Vitality of Everyday Things in Fairfield Porter’s Paintings
Porter's paint handling was gestural but exacting, never fancy, and always attending to the experience of looking.
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Electrifying Photographs of an Old German Guesthouse
For years, photographer Andrea Grützner was fascinated by a massive guesthouse in a German village. In 2014, she entered the house with her camera, photographing its well-tread rooms.
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The Unsettling Implications of the American Institute of Architects’ Memo Supporting Trump
After the CEO of the American Institute of Architects stated the organization promised to work with Donald Trump, many architects — both AIA members and not — were pissed.
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A Saudi Artist Hoists Flags at Standing Rock to Bring Attention to the Environmental Crisis
One Saudi artist sees parallels between the battle to stop the Dakota Access Pipeline and the impact of oil in his own country.
Art
A Dreamlike Distortion of Turkish Patriarchal Society
In Lara Ögel’s work, structures of power appear encoded in unexpected ways and emerge from the most commonplace situations.
Art
The First Photographs of Snowflakes
In 1885, Wilson Bentley, a farmer in Vermont, became the first known person to photograph a snowflake. He would document 5,000 of them in his lifetime.
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SVA's MA Curatorial Practice Program Now Accepting Applications
Past and current faculty and speakers include Adam Weinberg, Tania Bruguera, Maria Lind, Shirin Neshat, Hou Hanru, Joan Jonas, Terry Smith, Gabi Ngcobo, José Roca, Pablo Helguera, Glenn Ligon, and many others.