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Serial Killer’s Sinister Clown Painting Fetches Over $12K at Auction
What made an auction house in Philadelphia decide to sell the art of death-row murderer John Wayne Gacy?
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Sally Gabori's Cartography of Aboriginal Displacement
During her last decade of life Gabori created abstract, large-scale paintings that map her emotional memory of her ancestral home.
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Fauci and Williams Sisters Honored in New Portraits Headed to DC
The National Portrait Gallery has revealed its newest commissions, including works by David Hockney, Toyin Ojih Odutola, and Robert Pruitt.
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Why Are You Drawing Faces Like That?
With deep-set eyes and sealed lips, an ovular, narrow face is pervasive in James Gilbert’s work.
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Your Soundtrack to Lula’s Historic Defeat of Bolsonaro
From protest anthems to novelty funk beats, here are 10 emblematic songs to celebrate Lula’s historic win.
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Bushwick Film Festival Returns With 100+ Independent Films
Films by local and international directors will play at Williamsburg Cinemas, accompanied by live events and an awards ceremony.
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In Venice, the Roma People Take Center Stage
The history of the Roma and Sinti in Poland and Europe is that of marginalization, exclusion, misrepresentation, and persecution.
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Claire Denis's New Film Is Stronger on Steam Than Story
Just as sex with a revolutionary does not make one revolutionary, a penchant for setting films in developing countries does not make Denis a resident expert.
Art
LA Parking Lot Becomes a Screening Room for Street Photography
Projecting LA featured honest portraits of the city by 35 street, documentary, news, and student photographers — with not a single Hollywood sign in sight.
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NASA’s “Smiling Sun” Photo Unfolds a Galaxy of Solar Memes
The image of the Sun with a smile suggested by dark patches on its surface drew analogies to everything from the Marshmallow Man to Teletubbies.
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Brazilian Artists Celebrate Lula's Comeback as President
“The last four years have been of orchestrated cultural destruction at the hands of the extreme right,” artist Laercio Cubas Jr. told Hyperallergic.
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The Latest Climate Protests, Ranked
Since the trend is getting a little repetitive — though its message no less urgent — we got a little creative and ranked this weekend’s interventions. Using soup cans, of course.🥫