Books
Mapping Patchwork Across the Globe
Catherine Legrand’s Patchwork: A World Tour is an important step towards finally giving this art form the appreciation it deserves.
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Seeking Histories and Futures in Soil
Today’s artists often refrain from imprinting their vision upon the land, instead bringing the soil into the gallery as an archive of nature-human interactions.
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A View From the Easel
This week, artist studios in Vancouver, the Shinnecock Indian Nation on Long Island, Brooklyn, and California’s Pomona College.
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Listening to the Wisdom of Chinese Animal Idioms
Chinese Animal Idiom cards remind us that we can fly free, yes, and we should, but we eventually need somewhere to land.
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Venturing Into the Volta Vortex
In the typical fashion of this less stuffy art fair, a mind-numbing mix of showy and subtle artworks offers something for everyone.
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Michelangelo’s “David” Deemed Too Explicit for Subway Ad
Just weeks after the Florida school debacle, an Italian restaurant in Scotland had to edit out the marble statue’s crotch.
Art
A Quiet Crescendo at the Hunter MFA Show
Worms, A Good Business Model, the second part of Hunter’s thesis show, feels like a living, breathing exhibition.
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Feeling at Home at New York’s Contemporary African Art Fair
The ninth edition of the 1-54 fair in Harlem made me proud of my Blackness, a feeling most art spaces don’t often inspire.
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Required Reading
This week, MSG makes a comeback, TikTok reshapes the restaurant industry, and what do the Real Housewives have in common with striking Hollywood writers?
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Who Goes to Frieze NY on a Thursday?
Turns out the second day of the fair draws a blend of mid-tier advisors, artists and their parents, and Chris Rock.
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The Pros and Cons of Being an Activist Filmmaker
Kate Levy has come to recognize that direct involvement with her subjects may come at the expense of her artistic practice, so she took a different approach.
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The Dreams and Demons of Bob Thompson
Thompson wanted to author a world where the struggle between chaos and order, structure and impulse, the rational and irrational is never settled.