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Pratt’s 2025 Fine Arts MFA Thesis Exhibitions, on View in the Brooklyn Navy Yard
Pratt Fine Arts is delighted to invite visitors to a two-part show curated by Dejá Belardo at Dock 72 in the Brooklyn Navy Yard.
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Trump Whitewashes History in New Smithsonian Executive Order
Among other disturbing and demonstrably false distortions, the mandate suggests that race is a “biological reality” — a tenet of racist pseudoscientific beliefs.
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Celia Paul Paints Her Place in the World
A new monograph brings the artist’s life into focus as she returns to the same subjects again and again: the women in her family, the British Museum, and the sea.
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Klimt Portrait of West African Prince Resurfaces at Art Fair
The painting, hidden away in a private collection for decades, captures a dark side of European colonial history.
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RISD Shuts Down Students’ Pro-Palestine Art Show
The school said it would relocate the exhibition, which was on view in a public cafe, to a private building in order to “uphold safety.”
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Palestinian Artist Dorgham Qreiqea Killed in Israeli Airstrike
The muralist and oil painter, one of hundreds killed in Israel’s renewed attacks, is also remembered for his devotion to helping the children of Gaza.
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From the River to the Bay Calls for Art as Resistance
While other Bay Area spaces have silenced Palestinian artists or remained silent themselves, a show at SOMArts Cultural Center asks visitors to take a stand.
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A View From the Easel
“My studio has tile flooring, which is forgiving when it comes to messes.”
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This week: The forgotten Bloomsbury artist, Margo Jefferson’s incisive criticism, Elon Musk’s daughter speaks out, the benefits of thinking about aliens, mental health coffees, and more.
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Australian University Scraps Show Featuring Work of Lebanese-Born Artist
Khaled Sabsabi was dropped from representing the Australian pavilion at the Venice Biennale last month on the basis of allegations about his work.
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Colorado Legislature Bows to Trump’s Demands to Remove “Distorted” Portrait
The president said the painting, which had hung in the state’s capitol since 2019, was “truly the worst.”