Art
An Unsentimental Sculptor Confronts Mortality
Daisy Youngblood is a portrait sculptor whose themes include the embracing of one’s mortality.
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Photos of “Arc de Triomphe, Wrapped,” Before the Silvery Fabric Comes Down
The project required 269,000 square feet of silvery-blue polypropylene fabric, 32,300 square feet of red rope, and the combined efforts of 1,200 workers.
Guide
Your Concise New York Art Guide for October 2021
Your list of must-see, fun, insightful, and very New York art events this month.
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Your Concise Los Angeles Art Guide for October 2021
Your list of must-see, fun, insightful, and very Los Angeles art events this month.
Opinion
How Museums and NFTs Might Find Common Ground
Museums’ narrow approach to embracing digital art and technologies reinforces the perception within the NFT art community that legacy institutions like museums are elitist and antiquated.
Books
How War Shaped Afghanistan’s Weaving Traditions
With Afghanistan’s “war rugs” a traditional art form was updated in response to the country’s brutal invasions by other nations.
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Kludge, Curated by Laurie Anderson, Arrives at Joe’s Pub This October
The lineup, which changes every evening, includes Anne Carson, Arto Lindsay, Lafcadio Cass, and Rubin Kodheli.
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University at Buffalo Art Galleries Presents Heather Hart: Afrotecture (Re)Collection
On view through May 21, 2022, Hart’s new work "Sweet Lorraine" re-creates the historic motel balcony where Martin Luther King, Jr. was assassinated.
Art
Pulling the Caribbean into Conceptual Focus
Six artists provide distinct ways of seeing the Caribbean in its proper orientation.
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Philip Guston’s Unblinking Eye
I cannot think of another American artist who went as far as Guston did without a safety net.
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Adventure and Spirituality Collide in Joseph E. Yoakum’s Visionary Art
Yoakum had said repeatedly that the drawings were “spiritual unfoldments,” meaning that faith guided his patterns and passages.
Art
Neglected 20th-Century Women Photographers Begin to Get Their Due
The exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum aims to move beyond Euro-American historical narrative.