Art
The Joyous Kitsch and Lingering Simmer of Nick Cave's Art
With explosions of color and materiality, Cave has his own enigmatic ways to funnel the funk through histories of adversity.
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Kapwani Kiwanga Uses Daylight to Expose Racial Surveillance
Kapwani Kiwanga invites viewers to look with only the quiet glow of natural light seeping in through the skylights, illuminating a nuanced way of seeing race.
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Required Reading
This week, Godard's anti-imperialism, in defense of "bad" curating, an inexplicable statue, criminalizing culture wars, and more.
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We Asked AI to Re-Imagine 5 Blue-Chip Art Exhibitions
I inserted the text from five press releases into DALL-E and this is what it churned out.
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The Artists Amplifying the Voices of Iran’s Protesters
As protests rage across the country following the death of Mahsa (Zhina) Amini, Iranian and Kurdish artists are creating work in support of freedom.
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The Dazzling Local Arts Scene of Southeast Los Angeles
In the shadow of a planned $150 million cultural center designed by Frank Gehry, a number of grassroots arts organizations are thriving in the predominantly Latino region.
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"You Can't Eat Prestige": Brooklyn Museum Workers Demand Better Wages
Union members called for salary increases and pledged to hold the museum accountable to “its lip-service to social justice.”
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MoMA’s Cruel Offer to Unionized Workers During the Pandemic
The museum offered some workers the option to forgo pay raises in exchange for keeping their jobs, union members told Hyperallergic.
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Documenta 15 in the Shadow of the Russia-Ukraine War
"What does it mean to arrive from a country with a fascist regime?" asks Russian dissident artist Victoria Lomasko.
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Artists Worldwide Demand Freedom for Iranian Women
In the wake of Mahsa Amini’s death at the hands of “morality police,” artists and filmmakers across the world are voicing their support for protesters in Iran.
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Lizzo Plays President James Madison’s Flute in Historic Moment
The 200-year-old instrument, housed in the Library of Congress, has not been played by anyone else until now.
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Documenta 15 Closes With Strong Attendance Despite Controversy
Though roiled by antisemitism allegations, 738,000 people attended, a modest 17% decline from the previous, pre-pandemic edition.