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This week: Houston’s legendary muralist, the history of slo-mo in film, NYC art schools see an increase in applicants, whales speak with bubbles, Moo Deng turns one, and much more.
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A View From the Easel
“I’m drawn to how things fold, hold, or blur together.”
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The Pliable Philosophy of Brazilian Geometric Art
An exhibition emphasizes the fluidity between Brazil’s Constructivist, Concrete, and Neo-Concrete movements.
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Archaeologists Reconstruct Ancient Roman “Jigsaw Puzzle”
The thousands of fragments once formed an enormous fresco that decorated around 20 walls in a building in central London.
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Why Take a Selfie in 2025?
It’s been a decade since selfies took over the internet. While it’s clear that they’re here to stay, the way we take and post them has drastically shifted.
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Mitchell Johnson Exhibits New Paris Paintings
With a focus on Parisian views and architecture, the artist’s new series is on view in Menlo Park, California, through August 26.
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Penn Museum Workers Vote to Authorize Strike
“Too many of the workers we represent at the Museum struggle to make ends meet,” said the union, which is urging the University of Pennsylvania to increase wages.
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Gao Zhen, Chinese Artist Detained for "Defaming" Mao, Looks Ahead to Trial
A leading human rights lawyer will represent the artist, who faces China’s infamously repressive anti-defamation laws over artworks he created 15 years ago.
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In a Culture of Silence, a Berlin Initiative Speaks Up for Palestine
The Spore Initiative views the Palestinian struggle as part of a pattern of global extraction.
Book Review
The Wild, Inclusive Brilliance of New York’s Pyramid Club
A book of oral histories about the now-shuttered venue takes us through those who came before, made it big, and died too soon.
Art Review
How Baroque Rome Saw the World Through Art
Global Baroque surveys the triumphant internationalism of a new age of vast and rapid interchanges of art and culture, with Rome at its center.
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New App Turns Mobile Boarding Passes Into JD Vance Memes
The generator was inspired by the dystopian story of a Norwegian man who was denied entry into the US after agents found the meme on his phone.