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Taryn Simon Mines the Empty Aesthetics of Diplomacy
There’s a certain pomp necessary to reinforce the power of politics.
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A Loner Artist Meets Other Artists
As artists go, I register pretty highly as a loner.
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Rare Shunga Scroll of Gay Erotic Scenes Goes to Auction
Shunga, the Japanese term for erotic art, was highly popular during the Edo Period, with artists still creating to fill demand even after the government banned the explicit illustrations in 1722.
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Visualizing the Purrrsonal Data You Share with Your Cat Photos
For Owen Mundy, the internet's love of cats is a gateway to recognizing the huge amounts of personal data we share publicly on social media.
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The Deep-Rooted Expression of Ceramics
DETROIT — One does not, perhaps, consider ceramic objects to be immediately gendered, possess sexuality, or be particularly political.
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Astrological Aesthetics: March 2016 Horoscopes
Hyperallergic’s horoscopes offer astrological advice for artists and art types, in art terms, every month.
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Trying on Gender with Self-Portraits and Props
Jürgen Klauke’s prop-filled, leather-punctuated photographs can stop you in your tracks.
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British Photo Community Protests Victoria & Albert’s Acquisition of Regional Archive
A recent decision by trustees of Britain's Science Museum Group (SMG) to transfer around 400,000 photographs from the National Media Museum (NMM) in Bradford to the Victoria and Albert Museum (V&H) in London has received outcry from over 80 top photographers, curators, museum administrators, and oth
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Meet Song Wig, a New Way to Plug into Wearable Tech
And the prize for most stylish new wearable tech device goes to: Song Wig, which will make you look like a futuristic Baby Spice.
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Could the Nefertiti Scan Be a Hoax — and Does that Matter?
Last month, we reported that a pair of artists scanned the bust of Nefertiti, currently on display in the Neues Museum in Berlin, without the permission of museum officials. Now, many people are raising questions about the authenticity of their work and what that even means.
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The Visual Music of a New York School Painter's Late Works
It was once a common notion that abstract painting was analogous to music.