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8,000 Afropop Tracks from Guinea's First Decades of Independence Digitized
When French colonial forces pulled out of Guinea following its declaration of independence in 1958, they notoriously even took the lightbulbs.
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Documenting the Disappearing Rest Stops of the American West
While on a solo road trip from California to Texas in 2007, Austin-based photographer Ryann Ford became enamored with the quirky designs of the rest stops along Route 66.
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Rethinking Architecture After Catastrophe
From London's Great Fire of 1666 to the Nepal earthquake, Creation from Catastrophe focuses on a number of the world's most destructive events through our history, exploring the designs that emerged in their aftermath out of necessity, through architectural maquettes, drawings, photographs, and vide
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The Photographed, Collaged, and Painted Muses of Mickalene Thomas
New Jersey-born, Brooklyn-based artist Mickalene Thomas is best known for her richly textured, rhinestone-encrusted paintings of African-American women and bright, collaged interiors. Lesser known is her photography, which she’s long considered a crucial component of her art practice.
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The Father of Streamlining Gets Some Long Overdue Love from MoMA
Raymond Loewy earned the nickname "father of streamlining" for his influential career in industrial design, shaping sleek icons of 20th-century America such as the Lucky Strike cigarette packet and the Art Deco shell of the PRR S1 steam locomotive.
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ArtRx LA
LOS ANGELES — This week, Yung Jake premieres his sweaty new video, the fifth annual LA Zine Fest opens, Machine Project hosts an evening of alien abduction presentations, and more.
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The Metropolitan Museum Is Still Very Eurocentric and Conservative
If you thought the Eurocentric gods may have been toppled from their comfortable perches at the top of Mt. Met, you'll be sorely disappointed.
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Crimes of the Art
On this week’s art crime blotter: 14 members of a British museum-robbing ring were convicted, Christie's sued collector Jose Mugrabi for failing to pay for a $37 million Basquiat he won at auction, and the NYPD seized a crate labeled "art" only to find it full of weed.
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A Gallery Stroll Through Rome
ROME — Mentioning Rome to most people evokes, in no particular order: ancient ruins, stunning palazzi, romantic dinners, and good weather.
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From Brooklyn to Russia’s Ural Region, Artists Cross Political and Geographic Borders
Exhibitions generated by independent curators have grown over the past two decades in number and significance.
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A Sultry and Subversive 'Snow White,' with Ball Gags and Pole Dancing
How many times you heard the tale of Snow White? Surely you remember the pole dancing, the wigs made of large birdcages, and the lithe male bodies dusted with gold.
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Coming Soon to Manhattan, the First Independent Movie Theater in a Decade
It was August when news broke about Metrograph — the first independent movie theater to open in New York City in over a decade.