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Appreciating the Performative Quality of Computer Generated Art
Can electronic generative art be interpreted as performance with machines instead of bodies? What if we are too focused on results, rather than the process?
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The Secretive, Ritual Objects of Masonic Groups
Though masonic fraternal groups have existed for centuries, their rites and methods have long been shrouded in secrecy.
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Communist Heroes Die Standing Tall in a Budapest Park
Uprooted and soulless, the stone and metal statues at Memento Park have long outlived the world that gave birth to them.
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Shining a Light on Soviet Jewish Life
Works by Bill Aron and Yevgeniy Fiks chronicle the experience of Soviet Jews who tried to leave their homeland.
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Two Artists Record the Voices of the Silk Road
The Silk Road Songbook’s polyvocal strategies to share diasporic experiences are a radical reversal of what expressions of resistance and persistence are expected to look like.
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Artists Are Embracing the Power of Refusal
Amid today's rampant wealth consolidation and labor exploitation, contemporary art has shifted from bourgeois keepsake to active participant in the working-class struggle.
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Contemporary Iranian Art That Doesn’t Shy Away from Politics
Fighting the Western perception of Iran as a hostile war zone, Mohammed Afkhami began collecting artworks by Iranian artists to highlight the country’s rich cultural production.
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An Artist Goes Home to Her Appalachia
The paintings that form the heart of Ceirra Evans: It’s Okay to Go Home offer a more complex and generous response to the stale and sneering stereotypes of Appalachia.
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Required Reading
This week, Vice Media helps the Saudi Arabian regime, Hollywood's favorite NYC locations, the reality behind why celebrities are talking up NFTs, a Pacific island nation welcomes digital residents, and much more.
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The General Strike in Modern Art
A massive strike wave in the 19th and 20th centuries redefined how painters, illustrators, and photographers advocate for the working class.
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Walking for Art
The visual stutter of Mary Lum's artwork invites us to enunciate the staccato repetitions of sounds we hear and see when we walk through the city.
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Another Look at Hinko Smrekar, Slovenia's Rebel Caricaturist
Though little-known outside of his native country, Smrekar left a strong imprint on his nation’s art world and political thought.