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Sumptuous Textiles Tell a Story of Inequality
Elsa María Meléndez takes on historical narratives that have perpetuated the disempowerment and marginalization of Puerto Rican women.
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Ukrainian Artists Craft a Future on Their Own Terms
Kaleidoscope of (Hi)stories surveys Ukrainian artists from 1912–2023, providing critical historical context amongst the disinformation circulating about Ukraine and Russia’s war against it.
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What Today's Museums Can Learn From Van Gogh
Van Gogh and his cohorts were actively searching for new means to translate modern culture. Why aren’t we taking risks?
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Reimagined Monuments Take Over DC’s National Mall
A month-long exhibition features six artists who address the untold stories missing from the national park.
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Required Reading
This week, a new generation of “lesbian bars,” inequality in music streaming, Mexican-Punjabi communities in California, and who’s the artist behind the Strathmore sketchbook cover?
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10 Outdoor Art Experiences in New York City
From a peaceful sculpture garden to an immersible installation, these city-wide artworks, parks, and activities are the perfect way to enjoy the last month of summer.
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How Blaise Cendrars Blazed a Trail Into Modernity
He integrated the language of advertising and journalism into his poetry, and was influenced by the rapid tempo of jazz.
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Art and Resistance Across the US-Mexico Borderlands
The Albuquerque exhibition and e-zine BorderPlex explores the deceptive simplicity of man-made boundaries — physical and social alike.
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Marie Watt Invites You to Hug a Jingle Cloud
Touch is at the core of Watt’s latest body of work, featuring hanging metal sculptures that echo the energy and spirit of a Native powwow.
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Hank Willis Thomas Dives Into the Rivers of History
Using retroreflective material, the artist’s latest works look at the way that rivers both carry and conceal as a means of examining history.
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Lari Pittman Paints Cities of the Future
It is his maximalist messiness — his embrace of difference, however awkward or confounding — that connects Pittman’s paintings to the beauty of Los Angeles.
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The Dark Side of Van Gogh’s Cypress Trees
The challenge at the heart of Van Gogh’s Cypresses is that the trees carried associations in the late 19th century that are lost on us today.