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Dread Scott Enacts the Images of Oppression
The archway under the Manhattan Bridge was the site of artist Dread Scott's one-time-only performance "On the Impossibility of Freedom in a Country Founded on Slavery and Genocide."
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Whitney Studio, a Landmark in Need of Repair, Designated "National Treasure"
The New York Studio School's Whitney Studio in Greenwich Village has been designated a "National Treasure" by the National Trust for Historic Preservation.
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Turning Manifestos into Music
The premiere live performance of conceptual artist Charles Gaines’s “Manifestos 2” (2013) at the Museum of Modern Art on September 27 was nothing short of synesthetic.
Opinion
Moshe Safdie Calls on Architects to Rethink How Cities Are Built
In his keynote speech closing the World Architecture Festival last week, Moshe Safdie called for a reevaluation of how we design our cities, Dezeen reported. The 76-year-old architect argued that his profession’s understanding of “what urban design is all about” needs a “reorientation.”
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Young Joon Kwak’s Trans/Feminine Visions
LOS ANGELES — There is a new mutant form emerging, pushing its way past the thin layer that separates the interior and exterior world.
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Three Americans Find Leeway in Postwar Paris
PARIS — Galerie 53 and Galerie Routes, two side-by-side galleries in Saint-Germain-des-Près, have joined together to mount an historically interesting exhibition of abstract paintings titled Trois Américains à Paris (Three Americans in Paris).
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The Camera as an Afterthought: Defining Post-Photography
Photography as medium is not dead, but you can argue it is in a contemporary state of flux.
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Protesters Disrupt St. Louis Symphony to Perform "Requiem for Mike Brown"
Last weekend, a flash mob of singers interrupted a concert of the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra to stage a "Requiem for Mike Brown," the unarmed teenager who was shot and killed by police officer Darren Wilson in Ferguson, Missouri, this past August.
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ArtRx LA
LOS ANGELES — This week, there's a book signing with Allen Ruppersberg, last chance to see John Knuth's fly paintings, and a talk on the influence of Sister Corita. Oh, and Isabella Rossellini acts like a horny snail.
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Judge Overturns IRS on Artist Tax Deductions
A ruling by the United States Tax Court last week held that an artist employed as a professor could still claim tax deductions on her independent output, the New York Times reported.
Opinion
The Life and Death of an Exhibition
LOS ANGELES — It's a rare opportunity to be present at the birth of an exhibition as well as the death of one. It affords the prospect of seeing how the same group of artworks can shift greatly in meaning, beauty, and cohesion based on the varying location and curation of an exhibition.