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ArtRx LA
This week, Self Help Graphics & Art throws a Día de los Muertos celebration, over 100 artists take over a vacant building by the airport, the Craft & Folk Art Museum hosts an explosive pumpkin carving workshop, and more.
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Schizophrenic Compositions of Collapsing and Cascading Notes
Continuously creating since childhood, when he first cultivated a habit of collaging, British artist Eduardo Paolozzi boasts an oeuvre that is both prodigious and varied.
Art
A Charming Reverence for Color: Artists Revisit Paul Klee
For Alfred Barr, Director of MoMA, “not even Picasso approaches [Klee] in sheer inventiveness,” so this 20-artist exhibition, Paul Klee, is worth a look.
Poetry
Two Poems by Urayoán Noel
Our poetry editor, Joe Pan, has selected two poems by Urayoán Noel for his series that brings original poetry to the screens of Hyperallergic readers.
In Brief
The Obamas Give the White House a Modern Art Makeover
Since John Adams first took up residence there in 1800, the White House has been adorned with a relatively safe, traditional collection of art.
Art
New Histories and Heroes Grace the Walls of NYC's Mayoral Mansion
In 1799, Scottish-American merchant Archibald Gracie built a large house along what's now the northeastern edge of Manhattan.
Interview
"We Are Experiencing Hyper-Gentrification": Gowanus Art Community Sizes Up Its Future
As Arts Gowanus organized a rally for artists displaced from 94 9th Street and adjacent, connected buildings earlier this month, some 350 artists and local businesses were preparing for Gowanus Open Studios (GOS)
Announcement
A New Line of Markers Draws on Gary Webb's Imagination
London-based artist Gary Webb is known for his unorthodox sculpture, which breathes life into whimsical geometric shapes and organic forms. But before his pieces become imaginative three-dimensional objects, Webb frequently experiments by drawing on paper. [http://engine.nectarads.com/p/eyJhdiI6OTYx
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Senegal's Trash Transformed into Afrofuturist Haute Couture
In The Prophecy, a striking series by Dakar-based photographer Fabrice Monteiro, majestic alien creatures wear hoop skirts and headdresses made from soda cans, garbage bags, fishing nets, tortoise shells, and the odd baby doll.
News
Crimes of the Art
On this week’s art crime blotter: refugees reject Banksy's gesture, Hobby Lobby family investigated for Iraqi loot acquisition, and art that looks like trash gets tossed.
Announcement
Call for Applications: Virginia Commonwealth University’s Top-Ranked Sculpture MFA
The VCU Department of Sculpture + Extended Media’s highly competitive two-year MFA program has been the top ranked Sculpture program in the United States for over a decade.[http://engine.nectarads.com/p/eyJhdiI6MjEyMTIsImF0IjoyMCwiYnQiOjAsImNtIjozMTg3NTEsImNoIjoxOTMwLCJjayI6e30sImNyIjoxMTg1NDc5LCJkb
Art
An Artist Remixes Her Archive as an Act of Creation
The small gallery contains artworks that have all already been included in von Bonin's previous Petzel shows, yet the exhibition is entirely new.