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On Veterans Day, Revisiting Michael Rakowitz's Poignant Anti-War Monument
Modeled after Daniel Taylor, a soldier who served during the Iraq War, his Margate seafront sculpture condemns the UK government's role in the invasion.
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Ancient Babylonian Comes Alive in Hollywood Blockbuster Eternals
Assyriologist and associate professor Martin Worthington, who worked on translations for the Marvel movie, created the first film entirely in Babylonian in 2018.
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BlackFlash Magazine’s December 2021 Issue Examines Islamic Art Traditions in Canada
In Infinities, guest-edited by curator and art historian Nadia Kurd, artists and writers discuss the influence of Islamic visual cultures in Canadian contemporary art.
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Artists Cut Through Digital White Noise With .ART Website Domains
From supporting artists who work with traditional media to those who base their practice in digital, crypto, VR art, or NFTs, .ART covers it all.
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Forgivable Lies, Three Painters Keep You Guessing
In a psychological context, confabulation refers to obvious falsehoods invented by individuals to fill gaps in their memory. In art it’s more nuanced.
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Addie Wagenknecht’s Fraying of America
In her solo exhibition, the artist creates an installation that is many things but unified is not one of them.
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A Cameroonian Artist Explores the Ambazonian Fight for Post-colonial Freedom
In his Afro-Expressionist paintings and installations, Adjani Okpu-Egbe ruminates on native resistance in Cameroon and the colonial propaganda promoted in mainstream media.
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An Exhibition That Lets You Smell and Taste the Beauty in the Paintings
Bagh-e Hind began with the question: Is it possible to recontextualize historical South Asian paintings and objects through lyrical, olfactory interpretations?
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Six Men Try to Heal Their Trauma with Groundbreaking Collaborative Filmmaking
Hyperallergic speaks to director Robert Greene and three survivors of sexual abuse by Catholic priests about their new film Procession.
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It’s Pete Buttigieg’s Turn to Get a Fawning, Uncritical Documentary
Mayor Pete tries to make the case for the bland presidential candidate whom few voted for as some kind of gamechanger.
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After Disappearing for Decades, a van Gogh Watercolor Sold Under Duress and Then Stolen by Nazis May Fetch $30M
The heirs of two Jewish collectors, one who sold the work to fund his escape from Germany, and another who had the artwork stolen by the Nazis, will receive financial restitution from the Christie’s sale.
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London’s National Gallery Identifies 67 Museum Patrons Connected to Slavery
A new report by the museum names the "art collectors, connoisseurs, donors, and founders of museums and galleries across Britain" who benefitted from enslavement.