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The Internet Has a Field Day with Another Absurdly Long Putin Table
The Russian president held a televised meeting with his advisors around another unusually long table, sparking another torrent of satirical memes.
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"OK, I like it, Picasso" Takes Off on TikTok
How an encounter between a pedestrian and a group of art students produced one of TikTok’s latest viral hits.
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Beware, Mosquitoes Are Most Attracted to These 4 Colors
Whether a mosquito bites you might have a lot to do with the colors that you’re wearing, researchers say.
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Japanese Film Festival Online 2022 Streams Free Through February 27
Available in 25 countries around the world, this virtual film festival features 20 Japanese films with subtitles in 15 languages.
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Yashua Klos: OUR LABOUR Is Now Open at the Wellin Museum of Art
In his first solo museum show, Klos continues exploring the intersections between the human form, the natural world, and the built environment.
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SVA Artist Residency Programs Are On-campus and Online This Summer
April 1 is the priority application deadline for residencies and intensives in studio art, technology, performance, social practice, design, and more.
Art
What Are Messerschmidt’s Bizarre 18th-century Sculpted Heads Trying To Tell Us?
For Franz Xaver Messerschmidt, his Character Heads were his way to forestall the demons that tortured him.
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A Monumental, Feminist Textile Work, Cobbled Together by Mail
“The Map” is a redress of Christianity’s, and the Irish State’s, distortions of human sexuality and the feminine.
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The Joyful Return of a Trans Icon and Electronic Music Pioneer
In the 36 years since recording the seminal Keyboard Fantasies, Beverly Glenn-Copeland has risen from elusive singer-songwriter to global phenomenon.
Books
Crafting a Future Is a Clarion Call to Support Indigenous Arts
Today, India’s handwoven and hand-spun fabrics and master artisans find themselves at existential crossroads, facing threats of obsolescence and urbanization.
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How Painter-Architects Brought Built Spaces to Life
Architectural drawings were limited to mostly monochrome in Europe until color appeared in the 17th century.
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New Research Shows Humans Arrived in Europe Much Earlier Than We Thought
The discovery challenges the long-held belief that modern and archaic humans did not encounter each other in the European continent.