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The Fight to Preserve Denver's Chicano Murals
The city's murals are more than cultural aesthetics; they are living texts, a multimodal composition based on tlacuilolitztli, the Aztec concept of writing.
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Akiko Stehrenberger’s Explosive Movie Poster Art
Stehrenberger's ability to capture the essence of a film in a single image has made her one of the most sought-after poster designers in the industry.
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Required Reading
This week, linguists identify a Miami-specific English dialect, Bookforum is back, the media’s selective choice of maritime disasters, and how do you turn a plastic takeout container into a DIY hologram?
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Portrait of the Artist as an Old Man
Time passing has never been a subject Jim Dine has avoided; he has long made art about getting old.
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New Takes on Traditional Chinese Ink Painting
Summoning Memories features artists of Chinese descent who negotiate the long legacy of Chinese calligraphy and ink painting through alternative approaches.
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Hannah McBroom’s Search for Safety
The Missouri artist’s work channels physical and emotional refuge as a means of resisting panic during the fight for trans survival.
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Can Geometric Abstraction Stay Fresh?
What singles out artist Don Voisine is his ability to remain a restless painter, capable of surprising his most ardent fans.
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Miller Robinson on Love, Care, and Salmon Skin
"It feels like an (un)learning," the LA-based artist says of its practice. "It's an unresolved process, and it's part of how I understand the world around me."
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Artists Pay Homage to Histories Preserved and Forgotten
As Yet and Still to Come points to the precariousness of time and the selectiveness of archives.
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Confronting Hate Chronicles the Virus of Prejudice
The Fordham exhibition spotlights centuries of hierarchical structures designed to dehumanize Black and Jewish people and question their right to be equal citizens.
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Making Art 10 Years After Turkey’s Gezi Protests
In Berlin, where many artists settled after the protests that shook Turkey a decade ago, an exhibition grapples with the political repression and exile that followed.
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Alexander Tovborg Seeks the Sacred in the Aesthetic
Kirken works because modern galleries have quasi-religious qualities, with white walls and empty spaces creating an atmosphere for contemplation.