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At the Portland Biennial, Artists Make a Case for Living on the Outskirts
PORTLAND, Oregon — “Now, you’re dead inside,” the gallery assistant said.
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ArtRx NYC
This week is all about books, as Printed Matter's beloved art book fair touches down in Long Island City, while a new satellite fair pops up in nearby Greenpoint. Plus, don't miss the celebration of a pioneering performance series and the first retrospective for maintenance artist Mierle Laderman Uk
Books
How Photographs Have Shaped Our View of the National Parks
There were two prominent types of landscape photographs in the 1860s: Civil War battlefields strewn with the dead, and sweeping vistas of the West.
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Ugo Rondinone's Fragments of Nature Mourn the Environment
NÎMES, France — Ugo Rondinone’s zombie nature show Becoming Soil is an unintentional reminder that the terrifying Anthropocene age — when the human influence on Earth’s soil has been so profound it will leave its destructive legacy for millennia — is upon us.
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The Art of Psychological Testing
The Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI), a psychological test first published in 1943, doubles as an excellent poem.
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Centuries-Old Crocodile Stone Discovered in Mexico
Since archaeologists came upon the remains of the ancient Mexican city of Lambityeco in the 1960s, questions about its architectural and ceremonial developments have lingered over excavations.
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A Mural Honors the Ruins of an American Indian Boarding School
CONCHO, Okla. — Overgrown grass creeps up around the decayed remains of the Concho Indian Boarding School, its faded yellow walls pocked with gaping doorways and boarded windows.
Announcement
Chrysler Museum Explores Impact of Illegal Ivory Trade with 'The wildLIFE Project’
The Chrysler Museum of Art will explore the plight of animals threatened by poaching and illegal ivory trade when it hosts Wendy Maruyama: The wildLIFE Project this fall.[http://engine.nectarads.com/p/eyJhdiI6ODc1NDEsImF0IjoyMCwiYnQiOjAsImNtIjo0ODM0MzEsImNoIjoxOTMwLCJjayI6e30sImNyIjoxNjUzODQyLCJkbSI
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Building Public Trust Through Individual Promises
BOSTON — Paul Ramirez Jonas has challenged the idea of public space — and how it is demarcated from the private — throughout his 25-five year career of making highly formal participatory work.
Interview
What a Show About Masks Might Really Be Disguising
Masks present a quandary. It's not so much what they're hiding that I wonder about, but what the camouflage or costuming is meant to produce in me.
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In Brief
Donald Trump Used His Foundation's Money to Buy a Painting of Himself [UPDATED]
A thick veil of mystery swaths the Donald J. Trump Foundation and its many transactions, but a recent investigation has determined that its wispy-haired founder once spent $20,000 of his charity's money to purchase a portrait for his own keeping.
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Visit Pratt Institute's Brooklyn Campus for Alumni Exhibitions and a Creative Conversation with Kadir Nelson
On Saturday, September 17, Pratt Institute invites you to enjoy a day of festivities that will include an Alumni Exhibition showcasing the work of more than 65 graduates in galleries across Pratt’s Brooklyn campus. The day will also feature a conversation with alumnus and acclaimed artist and author