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Artists Reclaim the Streets of One of the World’s Deadliest Cities
SAN PEDRO SULA, Honduras — The sidewalks are often deserted. Except for the busy central park it can feel like a ghost town.
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How Do You Calculate Your Contentment as an Artist?
From what I understand, to function properly I need to …
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The Elements of Artmaking, at Bushwick Open Studios
In his studio, an artist stenciled unicorns to disco music, while upstairs a poetry reading was taking place in the same room as a makeshift tattoo parlor.
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Required Reading
This week, erasing women from Impressionism, Miss Piggy as feminist, gentrification of the self, Louis Armstrong talks pot, inside the ka'ba, and more.
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Weekend Words: Shark
Today is Damien Hirst’s 50th birthday.
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The Uses of Enchantment: Filling an Empty Altarpiece
RAVELLO — There's a deconsecrated chapel perched high on a cliff in Ravello, Italy, overlooking the Amalfi Coast.
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Another Look at Robert Motherwell
Robert Motherwell didn’t believe that Pablo Picasso or Henri Matisse were figures to be overthrown.
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Taking a Break for Performance at Bushwick Open Studios, by Way of Detroit
I was happy to make my way to 16 Harrison Place, where Detroit's Spread Art has turned an empty lot filled with gravel into a makeshift community space and stage.
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At Bushwick Open Studios, Sculptors Make a Stand
Wandering the halls of two buildings on Troutman Street on Saturday during Bushwick Open Studios, I was struck by the large number of artists making outstanding sculptures in a broad range of styles and media.
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A Silver Room at Bushwick Open Studios
Inside Jihyun Hong's compact studio, the artist has sheathed a whole room in metallic silver.
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Painting Stolen from Bushwick Gallery Turns Up on Roosevelt Island
Sometime this morning, a painting went missing from English Kills Art Gallery.
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Sexy, Satin Surfaces: Paintings from the Dawn of the Dutch Golden Age
On its own, a painting by Joachim Wtewael can seem like a two-dimensional manifestation of an absurdly complex gâteau – gorgeous, delicious, but perhaps best taken in in small servings.