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Collective Withdraws from Manifesta, Theater Director Denies Signature of Support for Putin
An artist collective called Chto Delat has announced its withdrawal from this year's edition of Manifesta, scheduled to take open in St. Petersburg in June, amid growing controversy surrounding the policies of the Russian state, according to a statement posted on the group's Facebook page.
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Greece Privatization Hits Cultural Sites
Last summer, we made the analogy that selling Detroit Institute of Arts masterpieces would be like asking Greece to sell the Parthenon to help cover its debt. Thankfully that hasn't come to pass, but a couple of buildings considered "architectural gems" have been put on the privatization list, the G
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A Visual History of Federal Art Spending in the United States
PHILADELPHIA — Art for Society’s Sake: The WPA and Its Legacy, on view at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts through April 6th, recalls an era in this country when the dissemination of art was a governmental duty, with the arts substantially funded on the federal level.
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Three Decades of Anti-Apartheid Activism Now Available Online
Three decades of activist material from what is one of Great Britain's most intensive international grassroots political organizations is now online.
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In the Shadow of Art Spiegelman
The problem of Art Spiegelman’s Co-Mix: A Retrospective is that its current showing, at the Jewish Museum in New York, is its only stop in the United States.
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Selfie Justification
LOS ANGELES — I hit the brakes at a stoplight and turn my head to the left. I spot a young woman waiting for the bus. In golden capital letters on her t-shirt, the words WHY NOT shine boldly.
Opinion
Required Reading
This week, the web turned 25, the art world is infatuated with a new person, photographers in Hungary are concerned, Sylvain Chomet does The Simpsons, writing tips, the economics of the sex trade, and more.
Opinion
Weekend Words: Wage
The only bright spot in the news this week was President Obama's executive action on Thursday, ordering the U.S. Department of Labor to revise federal rules on overtime wages, qualifying millions of Americans to receive extra pay if they work more than 40 hours a week.
Music
Yeezus Christ Superstar
When Kanye West first released My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy in 2010, his celebrity had reached its peak, or so we all thought. No album that year dominated as absolutely — critically, commercially, artistically, musically, culturally. Not only did it go platinum, but hip-hop intellectuals loved
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Kathy Butterly and the Aesthetic Challenge of “No Two Alike”
I don’t think it is an exaggeration to say that ceramics are finally beginning to get some serious attention in New York. There is still a very long way to go, but the city does seem to be waking up to ceramics as an art form.
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Norio Imai and Tsuyoshi Maekawa’s New York Debuts: Outside Japan, the Enduring Lure of Gutai
In recent years, both within and outside Japan, interest in the post-World War II Gutai art movement has increased considerably, with major museum exhibitions appearing at such venues as the Museo Cantonale d'Arte in Lugano, Switzerland, the National Art Center in Tokyo, and the Guggenheim Museum i