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Mass Surveillance Hidden in Plain Sight
SAN FRANCISCO — It’s been two centuries since Jeremy Bentham introduced the panopticon into structures of confinement and surveillance, including penitentiaries and mental institutions.
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Sketches for First Mac Icons Acquired by MoMA
When Susan Kare sketched the icons for the first Macintosh computer back in the early 1980s, she only had basic black-and-white pixels to create a universal user language.
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The Funerals of Artists
As a last statement, our funerals are remarkable as much for their uniformity as for their conclusion of highly personal lives.
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India's Death Photographers Working Amid the Cremation Flames of the Ganges
Arriving with dance and music, draped in orange and pink flowers, the dead keep constant company in Varanasi, India, where cremations happen by the hundred each day on the Ganges River.
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Mangled Cars and Sleek Architecture
At first blush, the Chamberlain/Prouvé show at Gagosian’s Chelsea gallery appears to hinge solely on obvious contrasts.
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ArtRx LA
This week, there are conversations with Charles Gaines and David Adjaye, a screening of wildly successful fast food commercials, the West Coast premiere of a media arts pioneer, and more.
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Queering the Tom of Finland Foundation
LONDON — When artist Patrick Staff visited for the Tom of Finland Foundation in Los Angeles for the first time, in the summer of 2012, he was expecting to find the usual, sober atmosphere of an archive.
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Astrological Aesthetics: April 2015 Horoscopes
Hyperallergic’s horoscopes offer astrological advice for artists and art types, in art terms, every month.
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An Illustrated Guide to Arthur Danto’s "The End of Art"
Arthur Danto’s best-known essay, "The End of Art," continues to be cited more than it is understood. What was Danto’s argument? Is art really over? And if so, what are the implications for art history and art-making?
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ArtRx NYC
This week is your chance to dive deep into the lessons of fascism, read Basquiat's notebooks, explore Jacob Lawrence's Migration Series, and check out NYC's chapbook festival.
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Under Western Influence, Tibetan Artists Turn to Identity Politics
To celebrate its 20th anniversary, the Trace Foundation commissioned 30 works from contemporary Tibetan and Tibet-influenced Western artists, asking a simple question: what does it mean to be Tibetan today?
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An Online Sanctuary for 30 Endangered Species
Designer Bryan James was inspired to create the online project "In Pieces" as a "reminder of the beauty we are on the verge of losing as every moment passes."