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Did Art History Predict the Rise of Moo Deng?
Just as memes of the viral hippo range from sweet to spooky, art history is rich with terrifying, adorable, and bizarre depictions of the amphibious creatures.
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Community-Curated Digital Art Show Comes to Queens
The Museum of the Moving Image invited the public to vote and select three artists making motion-based digital works.
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Robert Shetterly's Portraits Honor Peace Activists
“It’s about people with the courage and perseverance to insist that politicians and media tell the truth,” the artist told Hyperallergic.
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14 Repatriated Yemeni Antiquities Relocated to The Met
The stone and bronze sculptures, recently returned to Yemen from a private collection, are on loan to the museum for research and safekeeping.
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Lee Bul’s Synthetic Angels of History
Her sculptures for The Met’s facade commission look like they’ve always been there, Frankensteined in the bowels of the museum’s ethnographic collections.
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Dorothea Tanning Explored New Worlds Through Collage
Tanning’s practice shows that there is always another door to open, a new world to explore, and that art offers us another possible existence.
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Detroit Museum Celebrates 100 Years of James Baldwin
The Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History features the work of Baldwin-obsessed artist Sabrina Nelson on the centennial of the famed author’s birth.
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Christo and Jeanne-Claude's Iconic Miami Artwork Comes Full Circle
A collection documenting the creation of “Surrounded Islands” will go on view at the Nova Southeastern University Art Museum in Fort Lauderdale.
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Tiny Crocheted Hats for Cats Could Maybe Cure Chronic Pain
Researchers found that electrode-stuffed caps were “well-tolerated” by 10 of the 11 feline test subjects, opening up new avenues of pain research.
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Jeffrey Gibson Records the Land’s Heartbeat in NYC Projections
“You will return to me,” says the land in a short video work projected onto the Brooklyn Bridge, Chinatown’s Kimlau Square, and other locations across the city.
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Traveling Show of Aboriginal Bark Paintings Arrives in New York City
Concluding its nationwide tour at the Asia Society, Maḏayin gathers intricate eucalyptus bark works by artists from the Indigenous community of Yirrkala.