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For the Love of Paint: Leon Kossoff Digs Deep
Leon Kossoff’s paintings can be counted among the vanishing breed of artworks whose comprehension is entirely dependent upon being in its physical presence.
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The Many Faces of Eleanor Antin
Let me introduce you to a few of the many selves of Eleanor Antin, as they are represented in the show Multiple Occupancy: Eleanor Antin’s “Selves,” currently on view at the Wallach Art Gallery at Columbia University.
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Peter Doig's Restless City
I have always thought it unfair that Peter Doig is chiefly known for the headlines associated with the sale of his “White Canoe” painting by Charles Saatchi at auction in 2007 for £5.7 million ($9.31M). This made him Europe’s most expensive living painter and the acknowledgement was accompanied by a
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Painting Beyond Belief: Amy Sillman, Peter Doig, and Jordan Kantor Discuss Chagall
Last Sunday night, on the occasion of the exhibit Chagall: Love, War, and Exile on view at the Jewish Museum, Jordan Kantor a painter and professor at California College of the Arts, hosted an intimate panel looking back at painting since the death of Chagall to the present.
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The Indie, Wacky, and Designy Holiday Gift Guide for Art Lovers
My general policy about holiday consumerism is that if I'm going to spend money, I'd rather do so at a small business or an artist-run project that can really use my hand-earned dollars. So with that in mind, we compiled a list of fun arty gift items …
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Thanksgiving Art, Facts, and Some Myths Debunked
It's Thanksgiving today in the United States, so we thought it would be a great time to debunk what you thought you knew about this national holiday that pretends to be about giving thanks. #cueominousmusic
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The Ins and Outs of Contemporary Mexican Art, in Texas
FORT WORTH, Texas — It often seems like the world is made up of pairs: Christo and Jean Claude, Hall and Oates, peanut butter and jelly. Yet some things that seem like they'd fit well together have not cohabitated as one would assume. Take contemporary Mexican art and the state of Texas.
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The Days of Future Past: Afrofuturism and Black Memory
When you walk into the main gallery of the Studio Museum in Harlem’s current exhibition The Shadows Took Shape, which explores contemporary art through the lens of Afrofuturist aesthetics, one of the first pieces to catch the eye is a glittering procession of black astronauts fanned across a faded l
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The Story of Hip-Hop's Film Birth
Charlie Ahearn is known as an independent filmmaker, but he’s much more than that. He’s perhaps better described as a community filmmaker. For his films The Deadly Art of Survival (1979) and Wild Style (1983), he connected with local communities of young New Yorkers (many of them teenagers) and work
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Join Hyperallergic on Saturday, December 7, for "The Bloggers’ Guide to Art Miami"
On Saturday, December 7 at 11 am, join Hyperallergic editors Hrag Vartanian, Mostafa Heddaya, and Jillian Steinhauer in the aisles of Art Miami and Context for an hour-long tour of the fair with fellow readers, writers, critics, and cyberflaneurs.
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When Color Becomes Sound (and Vice Versa)
CHICAGO — A recent collaboration in Chicago between visual artists and composers, called Ten x Ten, explored the most common form of synesthesia, which seems to be the relation between colors and sounds.
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Your Essential Guide to the 2013 Miami Art Fairs
It's that time of year again, when the art world industry convenes for their annual pilgrimage to Miami for art, parties, and gossip (December 1–8, 2013). Hyperallergic will be flying down for the weeklong festivities and we've prepared a guide to what you should check out if you're in the area.