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Brooklyn’s Grand Army Plaza Arch Reopens After $8.9M Restoration
The two-year makeover was funded by former Mayor Bill de Blasio’s administration.
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The Pink Triangle That Mobilized a Movement
The iconic protest visual used by SILENCE=DEATH and ACT UP became a key symbol of AIDS activism and LGBTQ+ advocacy.
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New York City and Upstate Shows to See Right Now
Our favorite shows right now address systemic abuses in the US with style and intelligence, but we’re also enjoying some intimate and abstract works.
Art Review
Tim Hawkinson Makes the Ordinary Otherworldly
His recent paintings of everyday life transcend the literal without becoming overtly symbolic; this is the tight rope he walks.
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Renée Green Questions the Meaning of Meanings
She combines text, images, and objects to orchestrate a distinct style of visual poetics that is grounded in language while rewiring it.
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New York Society of Women Artists Presents Into the NOW – The Time of Our Lives
NYSWA’s centennial exhibition reflects the creative vision and resiliency of women artists today. On view June 24–July 19 at Ceres Gallery in Manhattan.
Art Review
Jim Shaw Peels Back American Pop Culture’s Facade
The more you connect the dots in his work, the more the insidious and catastrophic work of the US government, law enforcement, and military come to the fore.
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The Dark Side of Education
An exhibition at Amant reflects on the violence and complexities of the system by which we teach and are taught, primarily through the lens of those who’ve suffered under it.
Opinion
Donald Trump’s Cultural Revolution
The difference between this revolution and those in Germany, China, or Iran, is not of kind, but of degree, and only so far.
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A Trump-Musk Feud That’s Ripe for the Meme-ing
The best online commentary pokes fun at a ridiculous and corrupt relationship that has predictably soured, parodying the fragile egos of powerful men.
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San Francisco Art Institute Becomes Free Experimental Studio Program
The new California Academy of Studio Arts will host up to 30 emerging artists per annual cohort.
Art Review
Apocalypse Art Has Never Been More Relevant
A Paris exhibition traces artists’ obsession with the Apocalypse, from rare Medieval illuminated manuscripts to Blake, Kandinsky, and Kiki Smith.