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The Deeply Satisfying Pleasures of Harriet Korman’s Paintings
Walter Pater famously said, “All art constantly aspires towards the condition of music.” Korman’s paintings exist in a musical state.
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David Byrne's Hopeful Drawings
Byrne's drawings makes me wonder what else art is for, but to remind us that what we call “being reasonable” is too often our expedient alibi for not using our imagination.
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In San Marcos, A Homecoming for Bill Hutson
Hutson's textured work honors and challenges his city across mediums in a long overdue exhibition.
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The War in Our Country and on Our Phones
When we communicate with relatives and acquaintances in Russia it can feel like we're living in parallel worlds.
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Required Reading
This week, an ancient animal is named after President Biden, sportwashing, blood art in museums, almost the world's biggest potato, and more.
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Support Critical Aid Efforts in Ukraine With These Art Fundraisers
Donate to verified relief organizations by purchasing a print or attending a concert.
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Notre Dame Reconstruction Uncovers Ancient Tombs and Sarcophagus
Other archaeological finds include a bust of a bearded man and “sculpted vegetables” buried beneath the fire-ravaged Paris cathedral.
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MoMA Renews NYPD Contract, Canceled During BLM Protests, After Stabbing Incident
The decision hits a sensitive nerve for workers who asked the museum to end its association with the NYPD after the police killings of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor in 2020.
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A Brief 100-Year History of Santa Fe Indian Market
The annual event has survived draconian governmental policies to become the country’s largest public Native American arts and cultural gathering.
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Robert Ryman's Joyful Last Paintings
The pleasure Ryman took in seeing and sensing the world of things so closely is what viewers who are open to his work will take away.
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A Lesson in Bad Manners From an Art Provocateur
Bad Manners is thoroughly and unmistakably an endeavor of one-time art world provocateur Jake Chapman.
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Cuban Artists Test the Frontiers of Political Dissent
The artists in Umbral, or “threshold,” address the dystopia of voicing dissent on the island and the tension of existing as a Cuban citizen anywhere in the world.