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The New York Neon Shop That Became Legendary
Let There Be Neon in Tribeca made a name for itself as an essential resource for artists, from Keith Haring to Laurie Anderson.
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Incarcerated Artists and Authors Shed Light on Prison Censorship
The exhibition Return To Sender, co-organized by Mariame Kaba with PEN America, explores the prison industrial complex’s mechanisms of silencing.
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Mika Rottenberg’s Critique of Contemporary Object Culture
All the little things we buy that look simple come from somewhere thanks to a series of interlocking, complex chains and sequences.
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Inuit Culture Comes to Life in Shuvinai Ashoona's Drawings
In a new show in New York City, Ashoona’s memory-based compositions infuse truth coupled with whimsy surrounding life in the Arctic.
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Beautiful Works for an Ugly Climate Reality
Upon entering Rajni Perera’s show, surprise, shock, and shortness of breath are felt.
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A Profound Sense of Place at the Arizona Biennial
This year’s biennial presents a powerful glimpse into relationships between the land and a vast array of entities grounded there.
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Avoid Rome’s Tourist Crowds With These Alternative Art History Gems
If you’re planning a visit to Rome, write down your list of can’t-miss sites. Then, go to these ones instead.
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SWANA Women Artists Deserve Better
The exhibition Women Defining Women at LACMA suffers from poorly defined parameters and a weak understanding of its own premise.
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A Posthumous Life for Painter Claude Rutault’s Improvisations
Experiencing Rutault’s works is like being confronted with one’s beliefs, one’s own faith in painting, or lack of it.
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Tracing the Colonial Causes of Maui's Wildfires Through 19th-Century Engravings
Rare copperplate engravings made at an American Protestant seminary near Lahaina romanticize the same landscapes endangered by the actions of White settlers.
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Tate Unveils Chris Ofili Mural Commemorating Grenfell Tower Fire
The monumental work, inspired by the frescoes of Giotto and informed by testimonies from survivors of the fire, will be on display for 10 years.
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Staying Close to the Land With Plein Air Painting
A new show of plein air painting in California offers a compelling take on our relationship to land and what it means to spend time trying to understand the outdoors.