Art
Memories of a Long-Gone, Gritty New York
Bill Rice’s paintings are glimpses of Manhattan’s old East Village of crime, abandonment, cruising, and hanging out.
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Film
A Film to Watch With Closed Eyes
Director Sam Green wants viewers to fully engage their ears in a sonic journey of 32 soundscapes.
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A Morning Star Banner Rises on the South Dakota Prairie
Sisseton Wahpeton Oyate artist Erin Genia is raising funds to create a public artwork for the reservation where she is from.
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Italians Are Mad at Their Country’s New “Barbie Venus”
A government tourism campaign depicting Botticelli’s Venus as a “virtual influencer” is widely criticized as trivializing the nation’s cultural heritage.
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On Social Media, Art Censorship Is Alive and Well
The artist- and activist-led “Don’t Delete Art” project targets social media platforms using suppressive content moderation algorithms.
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San Francisco Art Institute Files for Bankruptcy
The ailing school made multiple attempts to pay off its debt, even considering the sale of its iconic Diego Rivera mural.
Interview
New Generation of Jewish Artists Pushes Sensitive Buttons
Leora Fridman discusses curating a new exhibition confronting issues of tradition, gender, and Zionism in the Jewish-American community.
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Ready, Set, Bet on Mini Artist-Made Racecars in Brooklyn
Arts nonprofit Smack Mellon’s Gravity Racers benefit party continues a 20-year local New York tradition.
Art
Matt Bollinger, Painter of the Forgotten
By dealing with class in his art, Bollinger touches on the strain infecting the current “us and them” situation in the United States.
Art
Working Toward a Politics of Borderlessness
Artists in Australia and South Asia highlight the atrocities of caste-based discrimination and make a statement against colonial power.
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Philadelphia's University of the Arts Faculty and Staff Rally for Contract
Two years of bargaining between the school and its unionized workers have yet to yield a contract.
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New York’s Frick Mansion to Reopen in 2024
The Frick collection’s temporary location in the Met Breuer’s former building will close next March.