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Island-Hopping for Art in Boston Harbor
BOSTON — As the ferry chugs away from Long Wharf and drifts out into the open water of Boston Harbor, one is reminded that it was the ocean trade that defined the roots of this old American city.
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A Construction Wall in Harlem Becomes a Guerrilla Street Art Gallery
In 2014, a group of artists named Harlem Art Collective saw aesthetic potential in an abandoned wall located in a stalled construction site on East 116th Street.
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Crimes of the Art
On this week’s art crime blotter: terrifying golden head sculptures stolen from a British festival, an alleged thief blames museum's flimsy security for his thievery, and ancient ivory penis carvings turn up missing from an antiques store.
Opinion
An Open Letter to the National Museum of African Art Regarding Bill Cosby
I am writing to you today with a simple request: take down the pictures of Bill Cosby in your current exhibition Conversations.
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ArtRx LA
LOS ANGELES — This week, the works of an elusive collector go on view, arts and culture review The Third Rail launches its fifth issue, an outdoor art and performance event from the mid '90s is revisited, and more.
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Remembering Sandra Bland in Thailand
CHIANG MAI, Thailand — When I first heard about Sandra Bland I was in the Seoul airport, en route to Thailand where I would begin my journey across Southeast Asia and beyond.
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Rubin Museum Honors Nek Chand, Visionary Artist who Built Paradise from Debris
Following India's independence in 1947, architect Le Corbusier was recruited to design Chandigarh, the country's first planned modern metropolis.
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Artist Proposes Adding Stone Carving of Outkast to Confederate Monument
Now that surveying and debating the fates of Confederate monuments around the US has become a national pastime, an artist has proposed a spottieottiedopaliscious solution for one of the most egregious and seemingly immovable.
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Bringing a Constellation Down to Earth at a Ruined Castle on the Hudson
For the next two years, a constellation built by human hands over the ruins of a Hudson River castle is mingling with the stars.
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Dissident Artist Convinces Russian Detective to Quit His Job
A Russian police investigator interrogates a detained political artist, with the end result being that the detective — his eyes opened to the state’s abuses of power — renounces his badge.
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Contemporary Artists Create a New Kind of Order at the Barnes Foundation
PHILADELPHIA — It’s an illuminating mental exercise to ponder: what if Dr. Albert C. Barnes, the pharmaceutical tycoon and physician who assembled an unmatched collection of Post-Impressionist and early Modern paintings in Philadelphia, was actually an installation artist before his time?
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ArtRx NYC
This week NYC offers lots of opportunities to travel without going very far.