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When Scandinavia Was a Hotbed of Black American Culture
Nordic Utopia? African Americans in the 20th Century zeroes in on a far less charted corner of Black history than that of expats to Paris: the artists who ventured north.
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Phyllida Barlow’s Irreverent Objects
The late British artist certainly had no sympathy for the idea — or perhaps the misplaced ideal — of the perfectly crafted sculptural object.
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A Haven of Solidarity in the Heart of the New McCarthyism
Materials of Solidarity at New York University provides an on-campus refuge in which to reflect on the injustices of the past year and plan for the future.
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10 Art Shows to See in Upstate New York This November
Matthew Lusk’s suspended sculptural odyssey, the fetish-meets-fun of a doll exhibition, the macabre oddities of ORT Project, and so much more.
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Whitney Museum Could Expand Into Historic Meat Market Next Door
A new development known as “Gansevoort Square” would include housing and around 45,000 square feet set aside for the Whitney and the High Line.
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Neo-Nazi Tiki Torch “Monument” to Trump Emerges in DC
The apparently satirical artwork follows the appearance of a mysterious sculpture of a turd on Nancy Pelosi’s desk last week.
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Studio Museum in Harlem Receives $10M From Ford Foundation
The gift will permanently endow the New York institution’s director and chief curator role, held by Thelma Golden for nearly two decades.
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Weatherspoon Art Museum Receives 270+ Works on Feminism and the South
Art and writings by Willie Cole, Saaya Woolfalk, and Tennessee Williams are among the $5 million donation from Greensboro artist Carol Cole Levin.
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Historical Lessons From Nelson Mandela’s Desk Calendar
Indian artist Jitish Kallat translated an installation based on the South African leader’s daily logs during his incarceration into an intimate book.
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UK’s Vagina Museum Renames Galleries to Honor “Mothers of Gynecology”
Three galleries are now dedicated to Anarcha, Betsey, and Lucy, three Black enslaved women subjected to experimental surgeries by disgraced physician J. Marion Sims.
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The Battle Between Halloween and Reformation Day
Launched on October 31, 1517, the Protestant Reformation broke not just with the Catholic Church but with all that’s dark and demonic, wanton and witchy.
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The Brutal Exploitation Behind the Belgian Art Nouveau
Sammy Baloji demonstrates how the architectural movement — and implicitly, Belgium as a country and culture — was underpinned by the colonization of the Congo.