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Columbia University MFAs Share Stories of Dysfunctional Studios and Overworked Faculty
Current students and recent graduates of the revered program reflect on a series of internal crises that have come to light.
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What Blockchain Means for Contemporary Art
Now that the wild speculation on Bitcoin’s value and the explosion of fringe cryptocurrencies has died down, what has been revealed is a contiguous conversation regarding the use of blockchain technology in the work of several artists, designers, and thinkers.
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Art Movements
This week in art news: the Frieze Art Fair agreed to compensate galleries for the extreme temperatures in its New York tent, the School of Visual Arts removed two instructors accused of inappropriate behavior, and Save Venice Inc. announced a major restoration of Titian's "Assumption of the Virgin."
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How Ghada Amer Uses Seduction to Expose Sexism
Amer's exhibition at Cheim & Read, featuring images of nude female figures made all the more seductive by her choice of materials, is an iron fist in a velvet glove.
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A Photographer Gets Rare Access to the Interiors of Moshe Safdie's Iconic Habitat 67
While the exterior of this renowned building is well know, the interiors are rarely seen, until now.
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Portraits of Palestinian Life in America
Focusing on a handful of Gazan experiences, Home Away From Home examines how people construct familiar spaces for themselves within distant landscapes and is on view at Aperture.
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Reconsidering the Political Detachment of Eggleston's Images
This exhibition of William Eggleston’s color photographs developed from negatives made between 1965 and 1974, reminds me of the tagline from the 1969 film Easy Rider: “A man went looking for America, and couldn’t find it anywhere ... ”
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Who Decides What Is Violent in the Museum?
Tone deaf, in a period defined by police brutality and racial discrimination, the MCA in Denver's spring exhibitions meditate on violence through a lens harkening back to Jim Crow.
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How a Lovers' Quarrel Led to Francis Bacon's 1968 Arrest for Marijuana Possession
A tape recently made public reveals that Bacon was busted by the Chelsea drug squad after a feud with his lover George Dyer.
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A Poet Who Delivers Dreams to Your Doorstep
During the day Mathias Svalina writes the dreams. At 2am, he begins to deliver.
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The Decade that Changed the Art World: Money, Media, and Brands in the 1980s
The primary takeaway of Brand New at the Hirshhorn is its demonstration of how high the stakes of representation became during the 1980s, a decade of proliferating imagery and technology.
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New Database Highlights Overlooked European Avant-Garde Artists
Forgotten Heritage offers visitors around 800 records to explore, from documentation of artworks to texts.