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The Images and Stories of Japanese American Internment
Soon after the attack on Pearl Harbor in December 7, 1941, the FBI started arresting a number of first-generation Japanese Americans on the West Coast.
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The Explosive Beauty of Demolishing Old Buildings
In ancient Greek, the phrase “panta rhei” means "all things are in flux." Photographer Meike Fischer’s series of the same name references that philosophy in the context of urban building.
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Restoring Central Park's 19th-Century Arches to Combat Its Traffic Chaos
Two Central Park pedestrians were killed in collisions with bicycles last year, devastating signs of the increasing chaos of its intersections.
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Mannequin Designer Ralph Pucci's Playful Humanoids
Ralph Pucci, a high-end mannequin and furniture designer, has collaborated with a wide range of artists throughout his career, producing unorthodox renditions of mannequins since the 1970s.
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Travel to Space (and Back in Time) with Vintage NASA Photos
In the early 20th century, the world watched in anticipation as Stetson-capped explorers disappeared into the Amazon jungle.
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Portraits of the Palettes of Famous Dead Artists
A gradient blur of colors accumulated on the palette of Camille Pissarro, while orderly dark streaks of paint still echo the short expressionist career of Paula Modersohn-Becker on her wooden board.
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Who Are the Rightful Owners of Artifacts of Oppression?
Imagine this: boxes of family photos, wood carvings, landscape paintings, handmade jewelry, and other items being put up for auction.
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The Vanishing of America's Historic Mental Asylums
Between 1848 and 1890, dozens of grand mental asylums were built around the United States under the Kirkbride Plan, designed by Thomas Story Kirkbride.
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A Magazine Scans the Connective Tissue Between Medicine and Art
Esopus 22: Medicine feels like a giant patient file for the cross between the medical and visual arts.
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The Best Lists of the Best Art Schools on the Internet
In the market for a fine art degree but unsure how to pick schools? The real question is: which list of the top art schools is right for you?
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Yinka Shonibare MBE Manifests the Ghost of Manhattan's Oldest House
In Colonial Arrangements, a site-specific exhibition in partnership with the Historic House Trust, UK-born Nigerian artist Yinka Shonibare MBE conjures Eliza Jumel's specter with headless mannequins clothed in Dutch wax fabric.
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Are Emojis a Language?
Do emoji, which comprise so much of our textual communication, really constitute a language?