Art
Yoshie Sakai Goes Clubbin’ With Grandma
Her spotlight on elderly women’s sexuality and energy challenges the images society often projects onto grandmothers as feeble and non-sexual.
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An Unlikely Art Show Pops Up in an LA Mausoleum
Dignity Plus, staged in an Altadena funeral home, addressed themes of mortality and memory while making use of improbable spaces for art.
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The Creative Power of Mischief
“As a collection that’s interested in accessibility and letters, we look at one of the most democratic versions of letters that exists,” said Letterform’s Kate Long Stellar.
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Chinese Dissidents Keep the Blank Paper Revolution Alive Through Art
A series of traveling art shows commemorates the anniversary of the protests against China’s authoritarian regime.
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Pre-Raphaelite Artist Cited Diarrhea As Excuse for Painting Delay
We’ve all been there.
Art
The Unending Evolution of Nativity Scenes
From 3rd-century depictions to a Star Trek nativity, the art form never ceases to evolve.
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Battery Park City Authority Presents Pioneers of Public Art, New York in the 1980s and 1990s
This free event includes a panel with artists Mary Miss, Ned Smyth, and R.M. Fischer following the premiere of documentary shorts on their work. January 10, 2024, at 6:30pm.
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New Banksy Anti-War Piece Stolen in Broad Daylight
A video online shows two men removing the work less than an hour after the artist posted about it on Instagram.
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Zany Takes on Holiday Wreaths Now on View in Central Park
Using everything from artificial hot dogs and candy wrappers to Metrocards, NYC Parks employees and commissioned artists reimagine a Christmas classic.
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Required Reading
This week, a virtual tour of the Vermeer retrospective, an AI-written novel wins a prize, filling your fish tank with local water, a tribute to poet Refaat Alareer, and more.
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A Holiday’s Worth of Video Essays
This month, a range of video essays about tech-related subjects and history.
Art
Coco Fusco’s Fight to Rebalance Power
Throughout her decades-long career, Fusco has laid bare the many mechanisms through which subjugated bodies are stripped of their agency.