Art
A Memorial to Hollywood Star Hedy Lamarr, a Founding Mother of Modern Tech
If you’ve heard of Hedy Lamarr, it’s probably in connection to her dramatic and scandal-laden career as a Hollywood film actress of the 1930s and ‘40s.
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This week in art news: Gilbert & George announced plans to open a contemporary art center in London, the Manhattan block where Norman Rockwell grew up was renamed in his honor, and archaeologists found what they believe are remains of Kublai Khan's imperial palace.
Art
On One Block in Chelsea, Three Monumental Installations Empower and Overpower
In a small, über-blue chip stretch of 21st Street in Chelsea, three adjacent galleries are concurrently running exhibitions that feature a series of monumental art pieces that move between refined, processed, man-made materiality to earthen structures, and plant life that grows from the soil.
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The Human Stories that Bind Cambodia and Vietnam
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia — What makes a border?
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From a Cave Church to a Fairy Tunnel, an Outdoor Exhibition Revels in Turkey's Landscape
CAPPADOCIA, Turkey — Let Us Cultivate Our Gardens wants us to be present, to look at the land of Cappadocia and its heritage, but also to disassociate from its preciousness and instead revel in its vitality.
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Dancing to the Glacial Rhythms of Ice
“There is no surer way to be derivative than to be unaware of your history,” dancer-choreographer Jody Sperling said in a 2014 interview.
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"When You Tell Someone You’re an Artist that Is Native, They Tell You Who You Should Be"
Wife and husband duo Maria Hupfield and Jason Lujan investigate the question of how to unmoor markers of identity from essentialized contexts while maintaining cultural heritage as a central part of one's art practice.
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US National Cathedral to Excommunicate Stained Glass Confederate Flags
The flags of all 50 states hang in plain sight over the nave of the Washington National Cathedral, but for decades, two Confederate flags went largely unnoticed.
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In Mexico City, an Indie Library Builds a Community Around Art Books
MEXICO CITY — Aeromoto, a small public library founded at the beginning of 2015 in the Juárez neighborhood, evolved gradually and continues to mature as a cohesive and challenging project.
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The Open Works of Felix Gonzalez-Torres
LONDON — Every time Gonzalez-Torres’s work is exhibited, a critical opportunity arises.
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Art Is Easy!
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175,000-Year-Old Cave Structures Suggest Neanderthals Were Quite Advanced
Sure, the 14,000-year-old cave paintings recently found in Spain are impressive, with their romping bison and horses, but a far older ancient art mystery is being untangled in France.