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A Crash Course in Playing Kalup Linzy’s Characters, Led by the Artist
MIAMI — In Joseph Campbell’s monomyth, The Hero’s Journey, the heroes tend to follow a basic narrative arc.
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Boston Builds an Artist-in-Residence Program, Bringing Creativity to City Hall
BOSTON — It's snowing hard outside, and it's a Saturday, but the second-floor hallway of the city's newest municipal building — its school department headquarters — is filled with artists and bureaucrats.
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ArtRx NYC
This week, hear about photographing Louise Bourgeois, watch The Big Sleep, The Long Goodbye, and The Big Lebowski simultaneously, go art-hopping around Downtown Brooklyn, watch some witchy films, and more.
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You’ve Got Email (Art)
A new web-based project will slide art directly into your inbox once a month, with each iteration representing a digital solo show by a different artist for your own private viewing.
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Glimpsing Gowanus in a Loft-Sized Camera Obscura
In the 19th century, a seaside resort vacation wasn't complete until you visited the local camera obscura and marveled at the surrounding beach and ocean projected through a pinhole.
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The Avant-Garde Films of a Thief of Light and Shadow
Thieves tend to be remembered fondly, grandly, or at least without the usual sort of scorn that characterizes criminality.
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Attacks on Artistic Freedom Almost Doubled Worldwide in 2015, Report Says
ISIS's November 13 massacre at an Eagles of Death Metal concert in Paris’ Bataclan theater, which left 89 people dead and 99 more critically injured, was part of one of the worst terrorist attacks in French history.
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Artists' Books that Break with Traditional Bindings
DETROIT — I’m an inveterate lover of books, so you never have to bother arguing with me about the continued relevance of print as a medium.
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Looters Kill Two Guards at Ancient Egyptian Necropolis
Two guards at the Dayr al-Barsha archaeological site in Middle Egypt were killed by looters during a foiled robbery this weekend.
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A Production of 'Elektra' Where the Performers Yell at You
In the second half of the performance, the conflict extended beyond the bounds of the play, past the stage, and into the real.
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At a Glasgow Museum, Local Artists Grapple with National Politics
GLASGOW — Seeing these artists exhibited together seems to naturally create a dialogue around national identity.
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Call for Applications: AICAD Studio Practice Residency in NYC
The Association of Independent Colleges of Art and Design (AICAD) is offering a Studio Practice Residency for non-student, working artists to develop, refine, or challenge their artistic practice in dialog with a chosen mentor.[http://engine.nectarads.com/p/eyJhdiI6NjM1MTAsImF0IjoyMCwiYnQiOjAsImNtIj