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Miranda Forrester’s Soft Portraits of Black Queer Women
Faceless women and interiors on transparent plastic highlight the nuanced identity politics of Black female and queer spaces.
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A NYC Tribute to Palestinian Artist Heba Zagout, Killed in Gaza
A print campaign and pop-up exhibitions spotlight Zagout’s artistry and raise funds for her surviving family members.
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At the Getty, Adam and Eve Come Back to Life
After a three-year-long restoration project, Lucas the Elder’s iconic 16th-century panels are back on view at the Los Angeles museum.
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Stunningly Colored 2,000-Year-Old Fresco Uncovered in Pompeii
The vibrant work depicts the Greek myth of Phrixus and Helle on one of the walls of the House of Leda.
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Lenders Withdraw Works From Barbican Show, Alleging “Censorship”
The London arts center decided not to host a talk that explored connections between the Holocaust and Israel’s attacks on Gaza.
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Inside the Life of Bird-Rehabilitator-Artist-Professor Sheida Soleimani
The artist’s work is the cognitive equivalent of a rock-climbing wall, in which visual handholds open up interpretive pathways.
Books
Envisioning Kashmir’s Future Through Paint and Verse
Irish poet Gabriel Rosenstock responded to Kashmiri artist Masood Hussain’s watercolors of his homeland, crafting an intimate portrait of the occupied region’s past and future.
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British Museum’s “Sexist” Roman Empire Meme Backfires Spectacularly
The institution’s take on a popular meme left social media users and art workers outraged and disappointed.
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The Legends, Luxuries, and Dreams of Imperial Mughal Ateliers
In Brush of Insight, Yael Rice charts a Mughal “visual economy” thriving between the 16th and early 17th centuries in India.
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Scholar Mary Ann Caws on Women Surrealists and André Breton’s Ass
If you can name more than two or three women surrealists without using Google, the 90-year-old art historian has probably helped make that happen.
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A Maypole Dance for Dogs in Queens
Night and day converge, fantasy and reality, humans and animals, rigor and play in this exhibition that feels like a transportive and unfettered elsewhere.
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Rare Family-Inclusive Artist Residency Debuts in Colorado
Unlike most such programs, Anderson Ranch Arts Center has piloted a new initiative that supports artist-parents.