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Violence Is The Most Common Subject of Commemoration in US Monuments
A new report lists the top 50 figures represented in US monuments. They're mainly white, male, and vicious.
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Required Reading
This week, a rare Frida Kahlo self-portrait is going to auction, the Lanier family continues fighting to have photos of their enslaved ancestors returned from Harvard, a restoration of a late work by Michelangelo, and more.
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At New York’s Hispanic Society, Leader of Madrid Laments Indigenous Movement as an “Attack Against Spain”
The Museum, in the heart of one of New York City’s predominantly Latino neighborhoods, opened its doors for right-wing Madrid leader Isabel Díaz Ayuso on Monday.
Art
An Unsentimental Sculptor Confronts Mortality
Daisy Youngblood is a portrait sculptor whose themes include the embracing of one’s mortality.
Art
Photos of “Arc de Triomphe, Wrapped,” Before the Silvery Fabric Comes Down
The project required 269,000 square feet of silvery-blue polypropylene fabric, 32,300 square feet of red rope, and the combined efforts of 1,200 workers.
Guide
Your Concise New York Art Guide for October 2021
Your list of must-see, fun, insightful, and very New York art events this month.
Guide
Your Concise Los Angeles Art Guide for October 2021
Your list of must-see, fun, insightful, and very Los Angeles art events this month.
Opinion
How Museums and NFTs Might Find Common Ground
Museums’ narrow approach to embracing digital art and technologies reinforces the perception within the NFT art community that legacy institutions like museums are elitist and antiquated.
Books
How War Shaped Afghanistan’s Weaving Traditions
With Afghanistan’s “war rugs” a traditional art form was updated in response to the country’s brutal invasions by other nations.
Art
Pulling the Caribbean into Conceptual Focus
Six artists provide distinct ways of seeing the Caribbean in its proper orientation.
Art
Philip Guston’s Unblinking Eye
I cannot think of another American artist who went as far as Guston did without a safety net.
Art
Adventure and Spirituality Collide in Joseph E. Yoakum’s Visionary Art
Yoakum had said repeatedly that the drawings were “spiritual unfoldments,” meaning that faith guided his patterns and passages.