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A View From the Easel in Los Angeles
“The LA sunsets are always amazing colors that I love seeing next to my paintings.”
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Discover Your Path in the Arts at the University of New Mexico
UNM’s graduate programs foster creativity and intellectual discourse, uniting studio artists, art historians, and educators to push boundaries and connect across disciplines.
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The Best Memes of 2024
From a chronically moisturized baby hippo to Trump’s bloody ear and the glorification of Luigi Mangione, nothing was off limits this year.
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Naomi Beckwith to Lead Next Edition of Embattled Documenta
The Guggenheim Museum deputy director and chief curator will helm the 2027 contemporary art show amid ongoing controversy.
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The Emotional Valences of Brutalism
Historically, cinema has invoked the architectural movement as an easy shorthand for villainy. In The Brutalist, though, it embodies a proletarian dream.
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Exposing the Dark Underbelly of the American West
Out of Site focuses on the scientific tools used to map the West’s resource-rich landscape, and how those technologies have become forces of destruction.
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Holly Lane’s Elegiac Shrines to the Natural World
The artist evokes a keen awareness of the threats facing the environment by honoring it through opulent, reliquary-style frames and delicate paintings.
Books
An Incomplete History of Griffins in Art
Despite its ambition to expand our definition of the creature to include other winged, hybrid beasts, Griffinology is hemmed in by a European framework.
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NYT Reportedly Sought to "Dial Back" Luigi Mangione Photos
Alleged editorial chats published by independent journalist Ken Klippenstein suggest the paper tried to limit the publication of photos of the accused shooter.
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Twentieth-Century Nudes from Tate Is on View at the Worcester Art Museum
The nude in a new light: This exhibition pushes the boundaries of an age-old genre with 28 paintings by Vanessa Bell, Lucian Freud, Barkley L. Hendricks, Alice Neel, Pablo Picasso, and more.
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TCU School of Art’s MA in Art History Is Fully Funded
All admitted students receive a full tuition waiver, a stipend, health insurance, and additional funds for research travel.
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Joyce Kozloff’s Patterns of Resistance
The feminist artist reflects on her work in the groundbreaking Pattern and Decoration Movement, her grand public artwork, and continued political activism against war and misogyny.