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Smithsonian to Exhibit 120 3D-printed Statues of Women in Sciences
It will be the "largest collection of statues of women ever assembled together," the institution said.
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Painter Andrew Wyeth's Beloved Islands Are Acquired by Colby College
Allen and Benner, two islands off the coast of Maine, will become home to campus for arts and climate research.
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Carmen Herrera, Celebrated Cuban-American Geometric Artist, Is Dead At 106
The long-overlooked artist received her first museum survey at age 83.
Art
Yolanda López, Whose Art Was a Call to Look at Chicana Women
In 1978, Yolanda López debuted a body of work whose imagery would reshape the visual language of Chicanx feminism.
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Deborah Jack Explores the Shared Histories of the Body and Landscape
A current retrospective highlights Jack’s insistence on photography’s capacity to express stories held in the environment rather than the archive.
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Embroidery Art Is Thriving Across India
“Embroidery feels like a language that my hands speak,” says Jahnavee Baruah.
Opinion
Listening to the Colors in Kandinsky’s Paintings
For all the talk of synesthesia and the trans-sensory experience of music and color, music has been conspicuously absent from recent exhibitions of Kandinsky.
Film
The Passive, Tech-Obsessed Opening of the Winter Olympics
Everything that distinguished director Zhang Yimou’s famed opening ceremony for the 2008 Olympics feels either lacking or missing altogether here.
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Sumo Wrestlers In Mid-Air, A Day Of the Dead Icon, And Other Winning World Photos
Contenders from 61 countries took part in the 2022 Sony World Photography Awards’ National competition.
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“Dune Sandworm” Sculpture Rears Its Head At Stanford
Xu Zhen’s sculpture “Hello” has been called “surreal,” “edgy,” and “Stanford’s very own sandworm from Dune.”
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Those Ancient Roman Pots May Actually Be Portable Toilets
Whether museums will be excited to discover that they’re the proud owners of these “chamber pots” remains to be seen.
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Biden Reverses Trump-Era Arts Restrictions
Trump's constrictive policy required that art in federal spaces “illustrate the ideals upon which our nation was founded” and excluded artists working in abstract styles.