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Artists Accuse Fashion Brand Shein of Using AI to Steal Their Designs
Three artists filed suit against the fast-fashion company, claiming Shein employs a “byzantine shell game of corporate structure” in order to skirt legal consequences.
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A Tarot Platform for the Zoom Era
Up until recently, there have been few ways to read tarot cards without using physical cards, even in this era of Zoom and remote work.
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Darrel Ellis’s Legacy of Love and Loss
As he grappled with anxieties related to his family, sexuality, and fear of AIDS — to which he would succumb at the age of 33 — Ellis meticulously documented his life.
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Why on Earth Did Tehran’s Contemporary Art Museum Plant Vegetables in Its Yard?
For critics, the now-removed vegetable garden symbolized the museum’s decades-long decline.
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The Sheer Love and Joy of Alice Neel’s Pet Portraits
Cats, dogs, and a parrot with a personality are among the works on view in Alice Neel: Feels Like Home at the Orange County Museum of Art.
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The Doctor Who Inspired Van Gogh’s Final Paintings
Near the end of his life, Dr. Gachet urged van Gogh to resume painting because through his art he would find ways of unburdening himself.
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Reclaiming the Power of an Auntie’s Stare
Anti-Muslim incidents are the jumping-off point for Los Angeles artist Tanzila Ahmed’s painting series Aunties with Deadly Stare.
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The Brooklyn Artist Revitalizing New York, One Flyer At a Time
Max Kolomatsky has amassed a TikTok following for his redesigns of street posters and signs for local residents and small businesses.
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A Gallery’s Safe Harbor From Anti-Blackness
With Come Home with Me, Gallery 2602 is actualizing the desire many of us have to share art with one another in a place where we can breathe fully.
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In This NYC Exhibition, the Dealers Made the Art
Art (by) Dealers at the Manhattan gallery Long Story Short features works by 94 gallerists at $500 a pop.
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Ragnar Kjartansson’s Spiritual Satire
Much of Kjartansson’s work combines dry humor with a sobering examination of power and violence.
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Required Reading
This week, the origins of art materials, challenging college legacy admissions, the problem with Goodreads, and Agnes Martin in the age of Google Sheets.