Opinion
The Contrast Between Institutional and Personal Remembrances of Martin Luther King
When we honor King publicly, as many in the art circle did on Monday, we use these moments to do more than just remember and pay tribute.
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Researchers Find Evidence Human Beings Are Way Older Than We Thought
A study that reexamined Homo sapiens fossils found our species is 30,000 years older than previously believed.
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Saying Maybe to the Yes Men
As much as I appreciate the collective’s culture jamming initiatives, I don’t know that their putative premise ever bears meaningful fruit.
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Digital Exhibition Examines the Darker Side of Bananas
The banana's dominance and ubiquity has had serious and far-reaching implications for the region, engendering exploitative labor systems, climate change, and migration.
Books
The Forgotten Story of Modern Art's Great Jewish Collectors
Charles Dellheim's study tells the tale of a small group of Jewish art dealers and collectors who played a key role in the changing art world of the 19th and 20th centuries.
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12 Artists Awarded Fellowships by National Arts Club
The 18-month fellowship aims to provide artists with “as much access as possible” to the club’s facilities and networks “at a time and place convenient to artists.”
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“Dune” Crypto Group That Paid $3M For Rare Book Mocked For Thinking They Owned The Rights
A coalition of investors raised funds to purchase the film’s storyboard and announced they would “make the book public.”
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This Extremely Satisfying Website Ranks Emojis By Actual Size
A new project, “Emoji to Scale,” orders every mini-object by their real-world dimensions.
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Announcement
The National Portrait Gallery Announces New Online Programs to Kick Off 2022
The first lecture is on the relationship between early portrait photography and diverse notions of US identity during the Gilded Age. Register to attend on January 25.
Art
Time and Transformation in the Art of Toba Khedoori
Although Khedoori does not depict living beings, their presence is evoked in the traces they leave behind.
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Bronx Calling Recognizes Artists' Individuality but Neglects Art-World Gentrification
The Bronx Museum's fifth biennial continues to focus its programming on individual identity, eliding the ever-divergent interests of the art market and local communities.
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Artists Find Creative Ways to Raise Food Insecurity Awareness
While it may be strange to think of food insecurity as a basis for art, the works in Food Justice reveal barriers and injustices in food access.