Art
Artists Battle Transphobia in Argentina
It's been two years since a legal battle was won, yet trans and non-binary people in Argentina remain vulnerable to different forms of violence.
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Photographs from Life in the Tombs of Cairo's City of the Dead
For decades, an affordable housing shortage in Cairo, one of the largest cities in the world, has resulted in hundreds of families moving into the cemeteries. Photojournalist Tamara Abdul Hadi went into one such community to document what life is like among the dead.
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A Painter Finds Depth in Flatness
“The world is flat.” So declared New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman in 2005. And before the world was flat, it was round, and before that it was flat. And the picture plane was flat too.
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Win an Online Class in Linear Perspective with Craftsy
In his online Craftsy class, The Art & Science of Perspective, artist and architectural illustrator Jeff DiCicco helps students unlock the ability to depict scenes as they appear in the world around us.[http://engine.nectarads.com/p/eyJhdiI6NTk4NTIsImF0IjoyMCwiY20iOjEzODE1MywiY2giOjE5MzAsImNyIjo0MjA
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11th-Hour Appraisal Imperils Detroit Institute of Arts "Grand Bargain"
A recent appraisal commissioned by Art Capital Group claims that the Detroit Institute of Arts collection is worth significantly more than previously found by both Christie's and Artvest Partners, the two firms that had previously evaluated the collection in connection with the city of Detroit's ban
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Two Imposing Maya Cities Uncovered in Southern Mexico
Last week, the research center of the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts announced that an archaeological expedition led by Ivan Sprajc has uncovered the remains of two Maya cities, Lagunita and Tamchen.
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Soon Everyone Will Be Talking About Color
Goodbye summer. And hello peepers.
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NYC's Governors Island Art Fair Open Every Weekend in September
4heads presents the Seventh Annual Governors Island Art Fair (GIAF) starting Saturday, September 6 and continuing every Saturday and Sunday in September.
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Feminist Activists Bleed and Defecate on Islamic State Flag #NSFW
Egyptian feminist activist Aliaa Magda Elmahdy made a statement against the Islamic State (IS) this past weekend with the release of an explicit photograph on her Facebook page.
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The Passing of a Chicago Art Legend
CHICAGO — Two weeks ago, news began to spread of the death of John Kearney, a fixture in the Chicago art world for more than seven decades. He was 89 years old.
Art
The Image Fetishes of a Para-photographer
The first work one encounters in Robert Heinecken: Object Matter, the Museum of Modern Art's (MoMA) retrospective of the renowned “para-photographer,” is a 1965 piece entitled “Visual Poem/About the Sexual Education of a Young Girl.”
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Chinese Authorities Shut Down Beijing Independent Film Festival
The 11th Beijing Independent Film Festival was not held last weekend as planned. The modest but increasingly vital festival, a rare incubator for a burgeoning Chinese independent film scene, was shut down on Saturday, August 23, by government authorities, the Associated Press reported.