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At MoMA, Brancusi Is Lost in Space
The artist’s work is glorious and resonant, but the Museum of Modern Art has a space problem, or an elegance problem, or a crowd mitigation problem.
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Ana Mendieta's Lasting Imprint on Art
A major survey at Tate Modern asks us to take notice of the earth, the power of the female body, and the artist’s remarkable practice.
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Lisa Sanditz’s Seismic Sublime
Her environmental paintings ask: What can we do to change our destiny? What effect can we have on the place we inhabit?
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Tacita Dean’s Truth in Materials
Instead of the slick stream of internet and AI imagery, the moving pictures projected onto a 31-foot-tall column are insistently material.
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How Mexican Photographers Made a Nation
A show at the Getty demonstrates the way modernist approaches to photography shifted the visual culture of Mexico in the 20th century.
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At 60, a Legendary LA Print Workshop Still Urges Us to Pay Attention
From Robert Rauschenberg and Josef Albers to Vija Celmins and Julie Mehretu, artists have tinkered outside their comfort zones at Gemini G.E.L.
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John Dilg’s Down-to-Earth Reverence
The tranquility of his views, the closeness of his tones, and the evenness of his light bespeak his continual wonderment at existence.
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The Artist Who Dined Among Lions
California performance artist Bonnie Ora Sherk was a cultural trickster and proactive spoiler in the business of everyday life.
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The Center Cannot Hold at the Toronto Biennial
It’s a provocative and discursive exploration of how artists respond to our late-capitalist epoch, but its focus on “rupture” raises questions.
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When Does a Woman Artist Reach Her "Prime"?
"The Prime of Your Life" examines what recognition and market success mean for 18 women artists over 75.
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Spirits Against the Patriarchy
An exceptional exhibition that brings together 17 women artists whose work emerges through spirit communication.
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Ilana Savdie and Chaïm Soutine Shed the Skin
An exhibition pairing paintings by the two artists guides us through the chambers of our own minds and bodies.