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Stunning Photos of the Cosmos From the World’s Largest Digital Camera
The Vera Rubin Observatory shared the first images taken with the technology, hailed as a transformative breakthrough in astronomical research.
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The Enduring Legacy of ’80s Harlem Drag Balls
More than three decades since Paris Is Burning put the underground scene on a world stage, ball culture remains a haven for the queer community.
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Young Joon Kwak’s Luminescent Bodies
The artist’s magnificent, rhinestone-encrusted cast sculptures tell multiple stories that look at contemporary queer and trans existence.
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New Project Will Map Fire-Ravaged Altadena’s Cultural Heritage
LA’s Getty Foundation is funding the documentation of the historic neighborhood as developers rush to buy up burned lots.
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Barbara T. Smith’s Experiments in Xerox
Years before her feminist performance art, she channeled her feelings through a copy machine.
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Four New York City Art Shows to See Right Now
From Glenn Ligon’s critique of society’s ills to Diane Arbus’s complicity in them, the solo shows below provide plenty of food for thought.
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Chloë Bass Eschews the Clichés of Mixed-Race Art
The artist’s Twice Seen explores visibility and perception, challenging us to refuse to turn one another into novelties.
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A Massive Diane Arbus Exhibition Does So Little
Questionable curatorial choices seem intended to prevent critical discussion in a major survey at Manhattan’s Park Avenue Armory.
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Love Pulses Through Elle Pérez’s Photography
Pérez’s impulse as a photographer is to hold a feeling still — which is, really, a means of honoring the living, witnessing them.
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New York’s Elizabeth Street Garden Saved From Demolition
After fighting for years against a proposal to flatten the garden to build affordable housing, advocates welcome a new deal with the city that spares the beloved green space.
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Venice Climate Activists Have a Blunt Message for Jeff Bezos
A massive banner unfurled by Greenpeace takes aim at the Amazon billionaire’s lavish wedding plans in the historic city.
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Visitor Tears Hole in 17th-Century Painting at Uffizi Galleries
A man damaged the portrait of Fernando de’ Medici while posing for a picture in the latest instance of a museum selfie gone wrong.