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The Private Worlds of Charlotte Brontë and Octavia E. Butler
Behind The Huntington Library’s glass cases, the layers of motherhood, career, friendship, family, and loss are revealed in personal objects.
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Haegue Yang’s Constellations for a Divided Korea
The artist’s play on light and shadow transforms Venetian blinds into haunting reflections on exile, borders, and the longing for reunification.
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Betye Saar’s Birthday Present
The assemblage artist donates her doll collection to the New York Historical, and we walk you through strong performance art at the Venice Biennale.
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The Invincible Spirit of Edmonia Lewis
A first-of-its-kind exhibition honors the pathbreaking artist's Black and Indigenous ancestries.
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For Ceija Stojka, Memory Is Survival
She rejected fascism not only by depicting what she endured in the Holocaust but also the tenderness of everyday Romani life.
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How Betye Saar Set Black Dolls Free
Nearing the occasion of her 100th birthday, an exhibition at the New York Historical celebrates Saar’s promised gift of her collection of dolls to the institution.
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Brent Sikkema’s Husband Convicted
Also: Columbia University’s MFA show, a new Anni Albers biography, and Karla Knight’s cosmic codes.
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Performance Cuts Through the Noise at the Venice Biennale
Florentina Holzinger and Miet Warlop transform the Austrian and Belgian pavilions into immersive spectacles of endurance, ecological dread, and controlled collapse.
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Gabrielle Goliath, Richard Avedon, “Chicken Linda”
A Jackson Pollock sold for a record-breaking $181 million at Christie's auction. Should it matter to anyone?
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Husband Found Guilty of Scheming Murder of Art Dealer Brent Sikkema
Daniel Sikkema was accused of hiring the hitman who stabbed the gallerist in his Brazil townhouse in January 2024.
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An Artist’s MFA Show Confronts Columbia University Over Gaza
Alejandro Valencia’s multipart installation alludes to the institution’s failure to come to terms with Israel’s genocide of Palestinians.
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Human Connection Cuts Through Technology at Focus Art Fair
The show, New York's only art fair dedicated to contemporary Asian art, featured uniquely tender subversions of this year’s topical theme.