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Sculpture of a Turd on Nancy Pelosi’s Desk Appears on National Mall
"This memorial honors the brave men and women who broke into the United States Capitol on January 6th, 2021, to loot, urinate, and defecate,” reads a plaque.
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Milwaukee Art Museum Presents Robert Longo’s Hyperrealistic Charcoal Drawings
Through his monumental charcoal drawings, the internationally acclaimed artist explores how images impact our understanding of the world.
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The Kettering Foundation Is Focusing on Democracy and the Arts
Democracy is a big idea. To many, it may seem abstract — but the arts can make democracy personal, relevant, and tangible.
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25K+ Artists Decry “Unlicensed Use of Creative Works” to Train AI
Painters Amoako Boafo and Cecilia Vicuña and photographer Lynn Goldsmith are among the signatories of a new petition.
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DACA-Recipient Artists Share Their Stories as Program Hangs by a Thread
They have completed arts degrees, exhibited their work, and received grants, but some artists say the immigration policy offers limited paths to legal status.
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Plans to Turn Leonora Carrington’s Home Into a Museum Scrapped
The house and studio in Mexico City will now serve as a “documentation center,” according to the building’s owner, the Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana.
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This week: Courbet gets the electoral treatment, the politics of the waistline, ugly medieval dogs, and what happens when you fall out of love with an artwork?
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David Bayus’s AI-Infused Gender Burlesque
The artist unspools a playful and dark-edged narrative that refracts art deco and noir melodrama through the late-modern styles of video games, manga, and fantasy.
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The Anti-Apartheid Photographer Who Was Stranded in America
Ernest Cole’s life story is an anti-colonialism epic, Cold War thriller, and a tragedy.
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An Overdue History of Japanese Women Photographers
The expansive catalog offers an essential compilation of essays, interviews, and profiles of Japanese women photographers from the 1950s through the present day.
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Israel Bombs Ancient World Heritage Site in Lebanon
Over a dozen injuries and significant damages have been reported in Tyre since Israeli airstrikes began in the coastal city earlier this week.
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A View From the Easel
“I have a day job, too, so studio time is precious.”