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This week in art news: a Mexican museum's Yayoi Kusama retrospective is mobbed, Tate must reveal the details of BP sponsorship, and the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts picks up a trove of Constructivist photographs.
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Kicking Back With a Mexican Gang Member
Cracking into challenging subcultures is one of Bronia Stewart’s main objectives as a documentary photographer.
Art
9 Minimalist Boxes for Boxing Day
Boxing Day is a holiday celebrated by aesthetes the world over. In order to purify ourselves after the rampant commercialism and visual over-stimulation of the past month, we devote this day to the solemn contemplation of square and rectangular Minimalist sculptures.
Art
A New Book Argues Quilts Are Art
Does quilting count as art? An expansive new survey by authors Linda Baumgarten and Kimberly Smith Ivey says yes.
Art
A Major Exhibition Considers the Colorful Legacy of Sonia Delaunay
PARIS — In our period of the rampant merging of art and fashion, it is refreshing to revisit where this hybridization more or less began in the modernism period with the first retrospective since 1967 of Sonia Terk Delaunay.
Art
Dizzying Dioramas of the World's Major Cities
Picture your hometown. What does it look like in your mind? Can you mentally map its streets, its parks, its landmarks?
Art
In Chinese Characters, Designers Seek to Marry Text and Image
BEIJING — Senior designers from the Dutch design agency LAVA Céline Lamée and Johan Nijhoff explored the origins of visual communication by designing a new set of symbols.
Art
Brilliant Illustrations Ridicule Modern Vice
The old adage that a picture is worth a thousand words finds substance in the illustrations of John Holcroft.
Comics
The Trees That Didn't Make the Cut
Not every tree is right for the holidays.
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Happy Holidays from Hyperallergic!
Happy holidays from Hyperallergic! May you have a wonderful day with those you love.
Art
When Artists Make Holiday Cards
There are few small pleasures more delightful than opening the mailbox to find a holiday card from a friend.
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Christmas Tree Drone Delivers Yuletide Nightmares
How does Santa deliver all those gifts in just a few short hours every Christmas? With drones, of course!