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100 Assignments From Nayland Blake
While these assignments will not turn someone else into me, they will provide the practitioner with a path to the deviations within themselves.
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Alison Knowles, the First Woman of Fluxus, Dies at 92
“People don’t touch art,” she once said. “That’s one of the problems.”
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Artists Call to Boycott Maxxi Museum Over Alleged Israel Ties
Tania Bruguera, Phil Collins, and others said they withdrew their work, citing the institution’s “stance on the ongoing genocide in Gaza.”
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Jackie Ferrara Lived and Died on Her Own Terms
The sculptor of graceful structures and architectural environments, who died voluntarily last week at age 95, sought to contain life’s chaos in geometric forms.
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Met Museum Sued Over Van Gogh Allegedly Looted by Nazis
The heirs of a Jewish collector say the museum and the Goulandris foundation were aware of the work’s provenance.
Community
Required Reading
This week: the Bronx’s corpse flower, Jesmyn Ward on hip hop, the danger of SNAP’s expiration, horror and healing, Zohran jack-o-lanterns, and more.
Community
Art Movements: Rothko, Matthew Wong, a Historic Restitution
We read the press releases so you don’t have to.
Satire
Night at the Biennial
The art world is a scary place. A horror satire.
Community
The Best Costumes From Hyperallergic’s Halloween Party
The Louvre jewel thieves, Zohran Mamdani, and Bob Ross walk into a bar.
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Thieves Rob 1,000 Collection Items From California Museum
Native American artifacts and jewelry were among the objects taken from the Oakland Museum of California’s off-site facility.
Art Review
Toshiko Takaezu’s Clay Vessels Will Fill You With Awe
She melds the art world, the internal realm of the human spirit, the ancient origins of clay forms, and the forces of nature in her ceramics.
Community
A View From the Easel
“I’m not one of those incessant mark-makers; I spend a great deal of time just looking.”