Art
Debuting the Collection of Britain's Mother of Modern Witchcraft
In 2013, a blue plaque, the historic marker of British heritage, was bestowed, for the first time, on the home of a witch.
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The Daring, "Degenerate" Book Jackets of the Weimar Republic
Weimar book artists mashed up the styles of new art movements — Expressionism, New Objectivity, Constructivism, plus photography — to design unique and politically provocative covers and jackets.
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Art Nouveau’s Deep Sea Muse
Art Nouveau's organic shapes surfaced thanks to some underwater inspiration.
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A Sprawling Tapestry’s Surreal Visions of Egypt
WASHINGTON, DC — In 2011, the Egyptian-Lebanese artist Lara Baladi began her ongoing project Vox Populi, Archiving a Revolution in the Digital Age, her attempt to archive the flood of documentation that emerged out of the events of Tahrir Square and its aftermath.
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Wolf Teeth, Cradle Knives, and Other Early Modern Sleep Superstitions
Sleep for early modern Europeans was a time to be wary of demons and other dangers of the night.
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Crimes of the Art
On this week’s art crime blotter: a museum's photography contest backfired terribly, the alleged perps behind Verona's €15 million art heist were arrested, and a trove of books on medieval witch hunts stolen by the Nazis was recovered.
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Epson Unveils New Legacy Paper Line
Epson has announced its most advanced line of photographic papers: Epson Legacy Papers. Designed in collaboration with many of the world’s greatest artists, these unique papers were developed for those who intend to exhibit and sell their prints.[http://engine.nectarads.com/p/eyJhdiI6OTc0MzksImF0Ijo
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ArtRx LA
LOS ANGELES — This week, the Cat Art Show returns to LA, Machine Project transforms into an adult movie theater for 24 hours, a video work exploring Michelangelo's two funerals screens, and more.
Art
Why Can’t Artists Deduct Donated Artworks from Their Taxes?
Artists are constantly being promised exposure, glory, connections, gratitude, and other intangible benefits in exchange for giving their artwork away for free.
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Cary Leibowitz and the Comedy of Contempt
Cary Leibowitz seems to want to make us laugh.
Art
Contradictory Narratives of Contemporary Art, Informed by Jewish Thought
Unorthodox, which addresses how art today might embrace the kind of complexity we demand from politics and history, is a large catalogue of paradoxes, or, in more material terms, of objects whose cultural significance is still ambiguous.
Books
Freud’s Case Studies in Hysteria Get the Graphic Novel Treatment
Psychotherapy as we know it today wouldn’t exist without the so-called female “hysterics” of the late 19th and early 20th century.