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UK Unveils Its First Public Statue of a Historic Black Woman
Last Thursday, a monumental statue of Mary Seacole was unveiled in London.
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3D-Rendered Visions of Dystopia, Inspired by the Housing Market Crash
PHILADELPHIA — Up the stairs on the second floor of Locks Gallery, you’ll find an exhibition of landscapes. These aren’t the boring, pastoral, plein air landscapes you’ll find for sale in droves up the street in Old City.
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The Curious Fates of Famous Artists’ Pets
There’s a whole history of woe for the pets of famous artists, especially when the creative types decided no ordinary cat or dog would do.
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When Your Phone Goes Swimming
Find something to stare at all day.
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Wind Turbines Sustain an Aquatic Garden on a Whitney Museum Terrace
Three circular pools are flourishing with aquatic plants on the fifth-floor terrace of the Whitney Museum of American Art, part of Virginia Overton's exhibition Sculpture Gardens.
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A City Where Trees Tweet
The 2010s have settled into their own, and now even the trees get their own hashtag campaigns and Twitter handles.
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Meditative Video Portraits Composed Over Time
EASTBOURNE, UK — When artist Melanie Manchot started making work in the 1990s, she was deeply influenced by gender and feminist theories.
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5th-Century Biblical Mosaics Found in Ancient Synagogue
Animals marching onto Noah's Ark and the parting of the Red Sea feature in two mosaic floor panels discovered in a Roman-era synagogue in Huqoq, Israel
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A Mesmerizing Animation of Kung Fu Movements
From 19th-century photographer Eadweard Muybridge to Italian Futurist sculptor Umberto Boccioni, artists throughout history have attempted to capture the complexities of athletic human motion in their work.
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A Brooklyn Museum App Encourages Visitors to Ask Questions
In May, the Brooklyn Museum launched the new Android version of its ASK app, a mobile application that enables visitors to interact with the museum’s audience engagement staff in real time.
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Artist Parviz Tanavoli's Passport Confiscated at Tehran Airport
Authorities in Iran have confiscated the passport of prominent Iranian artist Parviz Tanavoli, who suspects he is being targeted for featuring an image of a woman on the cover of his new book.
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On Not Forgetting Fluxus Artist Benjamin Patterson
It’s September 11, 2001, and a group of Fluxus artists has convened in Odense, Denmark.