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The Musical Science of Melvin Way’s Enigmatic Art
Way’s drawings are not messages to be decoded but instead are renderings of our yearning to comprehend.
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A Queer Guide to TEFAF New York
Several works on display in this year’s iteration of the fair, both ancient and modern, stand out for their homoeroticism and queer aesthetics.
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“World’s Largest Bronze Gorilla” Lands in Connecticut
Children have been joyously climbing the 5,000-pound sculpture, which has been reclining on the grounds of Greenwich’s Bruce Museum since Earth Day.
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The Saltiest Memes About Northern Lights FOMO
For every jaw-dropping image taken by an amateur iPhone photographer who witnessed the aurora borealis, there's a meme by someone who hasn’t.
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Meet the Women Preserving the Legacies of Their Artist-Relatives
We owe the stories of Louise Nevelson, Tamara de Lempicka, and Anna Walinska to those behind the scenes working to preserve them.
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Thomas Carlyle, a Chronically Constipated Racist
Hidden in the bowels of the London Library, a 19th-century pamphlet contains its founder’s most bigoted views.
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The Critique-Profiteering Work of MSCHF
Combining the provocative spirit of internet trolling, clickbait scamming, and MTV’s Punk’d, the collective satirizes consumerism while making bank.
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When Will the Independent Art Fair Grow Up?
At Tribeca’s trendy Spring Studios, I found an art fair in denial.
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Something for Every Palate at the European Fine Art Fair
The fair may be geared toward the collector rather than the casual fairgoer, but its wild mix of genres makes it unique.
Music
Remembering Indie Rock Icon Steve Albini
Albini may be best known for his work on Nirvana’s In Utero, but it was his own bands, Big Black and Shellac, that made him a badass.
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A Tribute to Art and Motherhood
Artists and art workers reflect on the maternal figures in their lives, on being mothers, and on the many layers of a universally beloved and misunderstood figure.
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Art Students and Faculty Rally for Palestine at Cooper Union
The action drew connections between the student mobilization for Gaza and the Free Cooper Union movement in 2011.