Art
UCLA’s MFAs Take On Power Structures
While some of the works lack the finesse of more seasoned veterans, these artists have cultivated firm, incisive critiques of the powers that be.
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Alaskan Tribes Are Waiting for the Denver Art Museum to Return Their Heritage
The Tlingít and Haida tribes have been requesting multiple cultural objects held in the institution’s collection for years, the Denver Post found.
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Three German Climate Activists Hit With Prison Sentence
The activists doused Berlin’s Brandenburg Gate in orange paint as part of a demonstration against the use of fossil fuels in September.
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Leonora Carrington Masterpiece Could Fetch Over $12M at Auction
The dreamlike work blends references to Hieronymus Bosch, Irish mythology, the kabbalah, and Mexican Indigenous cosmologies.
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Outrage After Actor Chris Pratt Destroys Iconic Mid-Century Home in LA
Advocates decried Pratt and wife Katherine Schwarzenegger’s decision to raze an architecturally significant home for yet another “McMansion.”
Art
Caravaggio Made Darkness Visible
In his violent, carnal visions, sparks of divinity may glow even from within the blackest confines of our fallen reality.
Film
Story of Disgraced Art Dealer Who Swindled Millions Gets HBO Series
Inigo Philbrick was sentenced to prison for a “Ponzi-like” scheme during which he defrauded over $86 million from various clients.
Art
The Quiet Urgency of Barbara Takenaga’s Paintings
Her paintings are searching for materially rooted forms while simultaneously reaching for something unfixed and uncontainable.
Art
Willem de Kooning’s Italy
Paintings from the late 1950s and on prove that de Kooning had sat at the feet of, and learnt much from, such old Italian masters as Titian and Tintoretto.
Art
See Dozens of New York City Landmarks That No Longer Exist
A new exhibition at the New-York Historical Society traces the city’s history through its long-forgotten monuments.
Performance
A Public Performance Series Aims to Combat “Climate Despair”
At the Queens Botanical Garden, A Fun Play About How Scary Climate Change Is illuminates possibilities for collective care and grassroots change.
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Indigenous Artists Win Top Prizes at Venice Biennale
Archie Moore and the Mataaho Collective took home Golden Lions for Australia and New Zealand, respectively.