Art
Returned to Nepal by the FBI, a Sculpture Becomes a God Again
Last week, I flew to Nepal and witnessed a ceremony to replace a looted Lakshmi-Narayan sculpture to its original location.
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Preservationists Balk at the City’s Plan to Redevelop Penn Station
The redevelopment includes razing 50 buildings for 10 new skyscrapers.
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bell hooks Left Behind a Legacy of Scholarship on Art and Love
Not content to wait for a bevy of critics to comment on the going-ons of the non-white art world, hooks took it upon herself to write about the artists she believed to be critical in the field.
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USC Pacific Asia Museum Presents Intervention: Fresh Perspectives After 50 Years
This exhibition in Pasadena, California includes artists Antonius Bui, Audrey Chan, Jennifer Ling Datchuk, Amir Fallah, Akiko Jackson, Alan Nakagawa, and kate-hers RHEE.
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Paintings by Bay Area Artist Mitchell Johnson on View Now in Menlo Park and NYC
Johnson’s paintings can be seen at Flea Street in Menlo Park, California, and in a group exhibition at Questroyal Fine Art in New York City.
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The Mysteries of the Universe in John Willenbecher’s Early Work
Between 1962 and ’75, Willenbecher made a substantial body of work reflecting his interest in games and the night sky, in the ancient human desire to make order out of the inexplicable.
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Remembering Jaider Esbell and How His Activism Challenged Art Institutions
Jaider Esbell showed us that future biennials will need to look to art activists and ethnic collectives not as contingent collaborators but as authoring agents.
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Required Reading
This week, Metro Pictures officially closed, tributes to bell hooks, the Wayfair conspiracy, celebrity profiles, and more.
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2022 Armory Show Will Focus on Latinx and Latin American Art
Carla Acevedo-Yates, Mari Carmen Ramírez, and Tobias Ostrander will head the fair’s curated sections and programs next year.
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Next Month, You’ll Need a Booster Shot to Go to the Met Opera
It’s the first major performing arts venue in New York City to require proof of a third vaccination.
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Props from TV Show Dickinson Acquired by Emily Dickinson Museum and Harvard University
Hundreds of period-appropriate set items, costumes, and paper facsimiles of Dickinson’s writings were gifted to the museums.
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CCS Bard’s Graduate Program in Curatorial Studies Offers Expansive Resources and a Transformative Education
Located in New York’s Hudson Valley, students have immediate access to the Hessel Museum of Art and the CCS Bard Library and Archives. Apply by February 1, 2022.