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Armed Groups in Haiti Ransack National Library
The institution holds a collection of rare books, manuscripts, and newspaper archives significant to the Caribbean nation’s history and heritage.
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Art
A Thoroughly Modern Baroque Master
A suite of paintings by Italian Baroque master Guercino at England’s Waddesdon Manor seems to herald the coming of Christ and a modern future.
Art
The Forgotten History of Bourne and Allen’s Mid-Century Textiles
A new show seeks to restore a pair of modernist weavers to a place of prominence in British design history.
Film
Art Made for Nobody, and Other Video Essays to Watch This Month
This April: video essays on Palestine, AI, Nathan Fielder, and more.
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A View From the Easel
“At times I just sit and have a tea and go into my thoughts for a while; I don’t allow myself to do this at home or anywhere else.”
Podcast
From Blog to Book
Three of Hyperallergic’s writers talk about the journeys that took them from writing blog posts to publishing full-length books on the politics of memes, the battles over America's monuments, and forgotten World War II heroes.
Art
With Less Glitter, Arcmanoro Niles’s Illusory Spaces Gleam
While his paintings follow the rules of linear perspectives, Niles uses the materiality of the paint itself to pull viewers into the compositions.
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Must Asian Americans Always Be Seen in Relation to One Another?
Scratching at the Moon hones in on a loose network of artists that have known each other for decades in Los Angeles.
Art
Woody De Othello Combines Sublimation and Supplication
The artist evokes a strong religious sensibility in his hybrid sculptures tempered by a welcome sense of humor.
Books
John Berger Lost His Eyesight to Cataracts and Learned to See
After being afflicted with cataracts, the late critic and novelist reflected on the mechanics of sight.
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Italian Heritage Group Decries “Biennalization” of Venice
Italia Nostra says a new sculptural display in Venice’s public square distracts from the city’s existing cultural heritage and infrastructure in need of conservation.
Art
Can’t Make It to the Whitney Biennial? Stream These Films Online Instead
A partnership between the museum and Mubi will make a selection of films in this year’s biennial available to watch online from the US, UK, and Canada starting April 12.