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Artists in England Form a Union
England is now home to its first trade union for artists.
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Wolfgang Tillmans Focuses on Borders and Brexit in London
LONDON — Like many other Europeans living in the UK, I am not eligible to vote in Thursday's referendum that will decide whether Britain should leave or remain in the European Union.
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Perfume Bottles, Boats, and Shrunken Heads in a Museum of Everyday Objects
OXFORD, UK — During a recent visit to London, I took a day trip to Oxford for the sole purpose of seeing one museum: the Pitt Rivers Museum. I’d heard that viewing the collection was like entering a 19th-century Wunderkammer, and that it had an impressive collection of shrunken heads.
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Art that Exposes the Theater of Politics
CLEVELAND — In a drawing by cartoonist Edward Freska, the bald eagle that represents the United States on the country’s Great Seal is injured.
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ArtRx NYC
This week, a show by renowned Dutch-Californian conceptualist Bas Jan Ader lands in Chelsea, queer book arts get a show, Staten Island's Lumen festival returns, and more.
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Abstract Paintings that Evoke Persian Gardens and a Bloody Coup
Due to the impenetrable, illusory quality of these paintings, one doesn’t immediately associate them with covert operations, skullduggery, and violence.
In Brief
Archaeologists Discover Medieval Cities Hidden Beneath Cambodian Jungle
With the help of lasers fired at the ground from helicopters, archaeologists have revealed medieval cities hidden beneath dense jungle near the ancient temple city of Angkor Wat.
Art
Bringing a Sculptural Platoon of Female Soldiers to Life
DALLAS — In a downstairs gallery the Nasher Sculpture Center, Mai-Thu Perret has created an enclave for her newest sculptural figures — a band of female militants, plus one dog.
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Despite Scandals and Slashed Funding, an Art Museum Perseveres in China
CHENGDU, China — Four years after opening, Chengdu MoCA had to radically reorient itself after several prominent officials connected to it were investigated for corruption.
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At Basel’s Liste Fair, a More Eclectic Sampling of Art
BASEL, Switzerland — The Liste art fair is intended to introduce new, fresh names to the fair scene in Basel. And, true, they are fresh — sometimes too fresh, so that the work seems rushed or unfinished.
Art
A Rainbow of Visual Responses to the Orlando Shooting
As I watched the unbelievable events in Orlando transpire on television news networks and social media, I was so numb that all the information jumbled together.
Comics
Remembering My Dad
My favorite memories I have with my dad are playing catch out in the street.