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A Photographer Brings New York City’s Water System to the Surface
Stanley Greenberg has spent decades answering the question of how water arrives in our taps and building interest in this vast and impressive system.
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Thai Art Center Censors Exhibition After “Pressure” From China
Works by artists from Hong Kong, Tibet, and the Uyghur diaspora were altered to avoid “diplomatic tensions between Thailand and China,” the Bangkok Art and Culture Center said.
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10 Art Shows to See in Los Angeles This August
Kevin Beasley’s translucent portals, Judy Baca’s reimagined paleta cart, posters from Ghanaian mobile cinema, Marnie Weber’s monumental dollhouse, and more.
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As ADAA’s Art Show Changes Course, a Nonprofit Is Left in Limbo
The fair was a major source of unrestricted funding for the Henry Street Settlement, a beloved New York social services organization.
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“Alligator Alcatraz” Construction Halted, But Native Heritage Remains at Risk
The Miccosukee Tribe says the notorious detention center is located close to “hundreds, if not thousands, of protected ceremonial and religious sites.”
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Required Reading
This week: 80 years since the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, Black Girls in Art Spaces, remembering a salsa luminary, Jinkx Monsoon takes on JK Rowling, and more.
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Kasmin and Clearing Galleries Announce Closures
They are the latest in a wave of shutterings in recent months.
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21c Museum Hotel Immerses You in Art
Art is ensconced in every nook and cranny, from hallways and elevators to individual rooms with various themes, and is accessible around the clock.
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Helina Metaferia Takes Back the Museum
The Ethiopian-American artist creates her own artifacts to highlight a lineage of Black female activism.
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A View From the Easel
“I also tend to call my friends and gossip for hours while I paint.”
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6 Art Books to Read This August
Before summer ends, we’re reading books on Ruth Asawa’s circle of artist-mothers, water and race in contemporary art, Kent Monkman, Carrie Yamaoka, and more.
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Kour Pour Reclaims the Geometry of Abstraction
With his latest series of shaped paintings, layered with meaning and symbolism, the artist insists that the so-called canon is informed by non-Western visual traditions that preceded it.