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Ming Smith Moving Through Shadows
From Smith’s art, we glean a picture of an artist transformed by risk, by a willingness to wander toward obscurity.
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The Adroit Formalism of Suzanne McClelland
Her paintings become even more visceral when set against her cerebral symbolism.
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A Cold, Hard Tour of Brutalist New York City
With stops at the Salt Shed and the Tribeca Synagogue, the tour was among the highlights of Jane’s Walks, an ongoing series of curated strolls across the city.
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Native Artist’s Residency Canceled Over Painting Referencing Palestine
Danielle SeeWalker says she feels "tokenized" by the Town of Vail in Colorado, which took issue with her artwork “G is for Genocide.”
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Walker Art Museum Sued After Prohibiting Woman From Breastfeeding
Megan Mzenga “felt a deep sense that she was not welcome” after a museum staffer tried to remove her from the galleries for breastfeeding.
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Elias Rischmawi Preserves Memory Against Erasure
What happens when home traverses miles — when it’s caught in the sway between one’s homeland and the land one makes a home of?
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The Disrupted Realism of the New King Charles Portrait
The viral painting mirrors a contemporary movement that allows for improvisation and often fuses representation and abstraction in unexpected ways.
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Remedios Varo Thrives at the Edges of Perception
Varo’s drawings crack the cold flawlessness of her paintings, and it’s exciting to see the looser, simpler skeletons underneath the surface.
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A Japanese Painter’s Cosmic Love Letters to Hawaiʻi
After moving to Honolulu in his early 70s, the Gen'ichirō Inokuma drew inspiration from the rainbows, night sky, and other natural phenomena of his new home.
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Where the Construction Site Meets Brancusi’s Studio
Amid a rise in waste dumping, artist Ethan Primason gives discarded items new lives, working intuitively until he finds their new form.
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Hyperallergic Mini Art Crossword: May 2024
Chew on a new hot dog sculpture and other bite-sized clues in this month’s mini puzzle.
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Artist Kehinde Wiley Accused of Sexual Assault
Joseph Awuah-Darko claims the portrait painter assaulted him on two occasions at a dinner in Ghana in 2021, allegations Wiley denies.