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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.
Performance
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.
Interview
"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.
News
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.
Art
The Open Works of Felix Gonzalez-Torres
LONDON — Every time Gonzalez-Torres’s work is exhibited, a critical opportunity arises.
Comics
Art Is Easy!
In the beginning …
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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.
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A Smithsonian Pop-up Show Finds Common Ground in Our Eclectic Stories
WASHINGTON, DC — I had a moment of hesitation when walking into the CrossLines exhibition, particularly when I saw the subtitle, “A Culture Lab on Intersectionality,” and the blurb that further claimed that “40+ artists and scholars explore race, gender, class, ethnicity, religion, sexuality and dis
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Astrological Aesthetics: June 2016 Horoscopes
Hyperallergic’s horoscopes offer astrological advice for artists and art types, in art terms, every month.
In Brief
Banksy Paints Mural on Bristol Elementary School
Banksy's newest work is neither a snide jab at politicians nor a big "fuck you" to the police — instead, it's a gesture of gratitude to children at a school in Bristol.