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The Dark and Moody Humor of Judith Bernstein’s Paintings
Bernstein’s latest works are beset with a deathlike quality rarely seen in her earlier pieces, even ones that directly addressed death in war or genocide.
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Kang Seok Ho’s Never-Ending Act of Slow Looking
In the works of the late Korean artist, Kang Seok Ho, there is no narrative, no relational reference point, but rather a never-ending now.
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The Photographer Capturing Our Eiffel Tower Obsession
Inspired by the ubiquitous phenomenon, Oleksandr Popenko documents Eiffel Tower replicas across Ukraine for his Little Paris project.
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The Many Lives of a Purell Bottle
In Purell Night & Day, Susan Chen focuses on the ubiquitous hand sanitizer, a reminder of the isolation we experienced during the lockdown.
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23 Artists on Making It in San Francisco
Fight and Flight: Crafting a Bay Area Life examines how artists stay — or don’t — in an area with steep rents, scarce studio space, and a high cost of living
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The Candid Visual Storytelling of Deb JJ Lee
Through painstakingly rendered and expressive drawings, the nonbinary comic artist processes some of their life’s darkest moments and hardest truths.
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Josh Kline’s Exercise in Poverty Porn
Nothing about the on-the-nose works in Kline’s Whitney exhibition is sublime; instead, they teeter into the perverse.
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The Art World Isn’t Enough
Albuquerque artist sheri crider uses her work to transform people’s lives and create actionable change in criminal justice reform.
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Required Reading
This week, 18th-century paintings shed light on wealth inequality today, TikTok is becoming a publisher, the internet’s favorite grandma rates her exes, and much more.
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A Border Artist's Vision of Inheritance and Trauma
Working between San Diego and Tijuana, Griselda Rosas plumbs the stories of conquest, colonization, and conversion in her latest solo show.
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Trương Cong Tung Sees History in a Gourd
Trương Cong Tung’s art is a meditation on the complex interdependent variables that constitute a diasporic experience, one that offers no easy or concrete answers.
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A Step-by-Step Guide to Making an Illuminated Manuscript
At the Morgan Library in New York, an unfinished manuscript from 1400s France can teach us how Medieval artists crafted their exquisitely detailed works.