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Maps Made to Influence and Deceive
Some maps are not designed to chart geography, but to express a particular belief.
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Outdoor Art and the Private Playgrounds of Privilege
It starts with the title: Outdoor Art. Simple, straightforward, you might think.
Comics
How To Approach an Artist in the Wild
Here's a handy guide for interacting with these fascinating creatures.
Art
Portraits of the Self as Tickets to Paradise
What does it mean to be “in heaven” in our moment in time?
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NRA Loses One as Apple Replaces Revolver Emoji with Squirt Gun
Come fall, Apple will pry the gun emoji from your cold, texting hands.
Announcement
Open Call for Elmhurst Art Museum’s 20th-Anniversary Exhibition 'Sense of Place'
Elmhurst Art Museum is celebrating their 20th anniversary with Sense of Place, an adventurous open call juried exhibition exploring how artists experience and express a "sense of place" — personal space, public space, real or imaginary.[http://engine.nectarads.com/p/eyJhdiI6MTQ2NDE4LCJhdCI6MjAsImJ0I
Books
How the Bulldozer Smoothed Postwar America into a Blank Slate
Demolition and construction following World War II radically altered the landscape of the United States, and one machine in particular allowed for such a dramatic overhaul.
Art
Art Under the Influence of a Day Job
Now showing at David Zwirner, People Who Work Here is a celebration of the many artists who help run one of the world’s most powerful galleries.
Art
A Deep Dive into the Legacy of LA's Surrealists
LOS ANGELES — The official Made in L.A. show is at the Hammer Museum, but a felicitous counterpoint is currently at Richard Telles in the Fairfax district.
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Aboard a "Life-Size" Replica of Noah's Ark in Rural Kentucky
WILLIAMSTOWN, Ky. — What’s 510 feet long, 85 feet wide, 51 feet high, and made of 3.3 million linear feet of wood?
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At the Jewish Museum, a Pair of Portraits Prompts Visitors to Think Critically About Collecting
The current exhibition at the Jewish Museum, Masterpieces & Curiosities: The Fictional Portrait, does a few remarkable things, perhaps the most remarkable being that it begins to turn the institution inside out, to make not only its collection available to the visitor, but also the policies and proc
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The Many Influences and Invasions that Shaped Two Millennia of Sicilian Art
LONDON — Sicily: Culture and Conquest is one of the last exhibitions commissioned by outgoing British Museum director Neil MacGregor and encapsulates what made his tenure so valuable.