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Theaster Gates Contemplates What Creates and Destroys Communities

MILAN — Following the major economic crises in Europe and the US, political art has become increasingly visible in those parts of the world. At the same time, it’s become increasingly difficult to ignore questions about the art’s actual effectiveness.

In Brief

Misunderestimated Painter George W. Bush Is Releasing an Art Book

As part of a continuing effort to paint over his legacy as a war criminal and the worst US president ever, George W. Bush will soon publish an art book.

Art

Five New Presses and One Tattoo Parlor at Printed Matter's 2016 NY Art Book Fair

Opening tomorrow, Printed Matter’s NY Art Book Fair is an annual sprawl of the printed word, from scrappy zines to rare editions of avant-garde art books.

Art

Gathering the Work of Guyanese Artists Far from Home

I visited Aljira, a Center for Contemporary Art, to see Un l Fixed Homeland less because of the ideas behind it and more because it features a group of Guyanese artists I didn't know — artists I thought might offer diverse views of history, memory, perception, and documentation.

News

First Faculty Lockout in US College History Bars Art Profs from Classes and Studios [UPDATED]

Since Long Island University locked out the roughly 400 members of the faculty union from its Brooklyn campus on August 31, printmaking professor Hilary Lorenz has not been able to ride her bicycle.

Interview

Sexism and the Canon: Three Female Artists Reflect on 'Women of Abstract Expressionism'

DENVER — The paintings in Women of Abstract Expressionism at the Denver Art Museum are rich with emotion, monumental in scale, and totally original.

Announcement

"Conversations at Moore" Opens 2016–17 Series with Sculptor Garth Evans and Artist Julia Klein

Always insightful, “Conversations at Moore” will open its 2016-17 series on Tuesday, September 20 with “On Sculpture with Garth Evans and Julia Klein.”[http://engine.nectarads.com/p/eyJhdiI6NzI2NTIsImF0IjoyMCwiYnQiOjAsImNtIjo0ODQzNDEsImNoIjoxOTMwLCJjayI6e30sImNyIjoxNjU4MDA2LCJkbSI6NCwiZmMiOjE5NzA4OD

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Preserving the Stories Behind Painstakingly Compiled Collections

To most people, fossilized candy, hairballs, and animal bones belong in the trash, but for Yuji Agematsu, such detritus deserves preservation for posterity.

Comics

The Story of Charles Darwin’s Artist

Some of the most iconic illustrations of Darwin's Theory of Evolution are the Galapagos Finches.

Art

An Overgrown Naval Cemetery Is Reborn as a Park

The curving boardwalk of the new park at the Brooklyn Navy Yard is respectfully raised above the earth where the remains of unknown sailors may still be interred.

In Brief

A Maya Codex Found in a Cave Is Authentic, Researchers Say

In the 1960s, looters searching a cave in Chiapas, Mexico, came across a rare, ancient codex rich with illustrations of weapon-wielding deities.

Art

Longing for Keith Haring’s Lighthearted Penises

It may seem unusual to uphold a book of penis drawings as a significant art-historical moment, but Manhattan Penis Drawings for Ken Hicks creates an unignorable link between Haring’s early work and his homosexuality.