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LOS ANGELES — This week, explore a meticulous re-creation of thousands-year-old Buddhist caves, listen to two experimental piano performances, join a discussion on the current state of art and feminism, and more.
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Crimes of the Art
On this week’s art crime blotter: an MFA student's sculpture about campus gun laws violated campus gun laws, collector Aby Rosen forked over $7 million in unpaid taxes on art, and the painter of the Donald Trump micropenis portrait was attacked by one of the candidate's supporters.
In Brief
Iranian Cartoonist Atena Farghadani Released from Prison
Today, Iranian cartoonist Atena Farghadani was released from jail after spending over a year in Tehran's Evin Prison for her satirical drawing of Iran's policymakers as animals.
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Cambodia Censors Screening of Film About Slain Environmental Activist
I Am Chut Wutty, a documentary by British filmmaker Fran Lambrick detailing Wutty’s work and tragic death, was set to be shown publicly at Phnom Penh's Meta House on April 20 — until the authorities had their say.
Art
Experimenting with Sound in an Artist-Built Pool
There's a large pool taking up most of the floor space at Recess.
Interview
How Do Artists Feel About Art Fairs?
Art fairs are a bit like the shopping malls of the art world.
Guide
Your Concise Guide to Frieze Week 2016
New York City's second big week of art fairs, Frieze Week, has become almost as dauntingly vast as its first, Armory Week, but we're here to help!
Performance
'Antigone' Meets 1970s Radical Detroit in a Work of Immersive Theater
DETROIT — The oft-repeated thesis statement of this interactive theater performance is: “The only war that matters is the war against the imagination; all other wars are subsumed in it.”
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The Frick Scores a Trove of 450 Historical Medals
The Frick Collection is adding an impressive cache of metal portraits to its collections.
Art
A Dance of Constant Movement, Propelled by Light
MINNEAPOLIS — There are some performers who are so focused, so attentive, so magnetic, that they could just stand on stage, not even moving, and still keep an audience rapt.
Film
From an Oakland Muralist to a Failing Goat Farm, Artful Highlights from Boston's Indie Film Festival
BOSTON — The Independent Film Festival of Boston started out earnestly and enthusiastically in 2003, blowing the minds of locals and filmmakers by being a polished, world-class (and yet 100% volunteer-run) operation from the get-go.
Art
Ulay Returns to Perform in New York After Decades-long Hiatus
This month marks Ulay's return to New York as a performer after 30 years, with a site-specific installation and three-day performance at Kustera Projects Red Hook during Frieze Week.