Art
An Army of Artists Draws Batman
There are few fictional characters that can be evoked through just a symbol, but Batman is one of them, with the outline of his flying namesake, or a suggestion of the crime fighter's black mask.
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On Eve of Union Vote, Hundreds of Arts Professionals Sign Open Letter Supporting B&H Photo Workers
B&H Photo Video workers are continuing to push for unionization and improved work conditions in the national electronics retailer's two Brooklyn warehouses, and although the company has intensified its attempts to quell these efforts, the campaign is gaining vast public support.
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Looking to the Future Through the Traumas of the Past
Works from Cambodia, Indonesia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Thailand, and Vietnam are linked by their use of tactile objects to illuminate the terrors of political exigencies and trauma from martial law.
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Sugar Castles and Suckling Pig Arches: The Edible Arrangements of Baroque Europe
In early modern Europe, the art of food presentation went well beyond plating.
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ArtRx NYC
This week, don't miss a museum retrospective for Martin Wong, festivals devoted to comics and text-sound poetry, a Gordon Parks photo series about segregation, and much more.
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The Decadent Dakota: New York's Luxury Apartment Pioneer
There's no shortage of myths and legends about the Dakota, that formidable, castle-like apartment building at West 72nd Street and Central Park West in Manhattan.
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For First Public Project in the UK, Theaster Gates Builds a Sanctuary in a Bombed-Out Church
BRISTOL, UK — On Saturday night here, in a concert hall whose former life as a church moved him to sing hymns, artist Theaster Gates gave a site-specific performance that brought many audience members to tears and prompted others to walk out.
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An Artist Sends Himself Wandering Through an Imaginary City
MINNEAPOLIS — Italian artist Paolo Ventura summons you into a world that’s both bleak and curious, filled with intrigue, loss, and magic.
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Erasing the US–Mexico Border Fence
LOS ANGELES — “If a color cannot cure, can it at least incite hope?” writer Maggie Nelson asks in Bluets, a series of prose poems about the color blue.
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Do Your DEMOcratic Duty and Vote for Your Favorite 2015 Critical Halloween Costume
The polls are now open!
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Jeb Bush to Hold "Pop Art" Fundraiser at "Trendy" Art Basel Miami Beach
According to a 112-page internal document recently leaked from the Jeb Bush campaign, the Florida governor and Presidential hopeful is planning a pop art–themed fundraising event at Art Basel Miami Beach.
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Micro-very-very-soft: Audio Lab Crowned World’s Quietest Place
What do you hear in the quietest place on Earth?