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In Intricate Weavings, Igshaan Adams Maps South Africa’s Tangled Histories
Adams’s weavings are the kind that demand to be stood directly in front of, for you to hunker down on your knees, or crane your neck at all angles.
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Hunter MFA Grads Mull the Fluid Nature of Time
Presented online and in-person, We Were Already Gone brings together 26 graduates. Here are our highlights.
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Why Adélaïde Labille-Guiard’s 1783 Portrait of a Mother Nursing Broke New Ground
When Labille-Guiard exhibited the portrait at the Paris Salon, it was the only woman in the series. And she was breastfeeding.
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Required Reading
This week, Frank Gehry's new van Gogh inspired building, Diana Ross releases a new track after 15 years, crafting save the US, LGBTQ-owned US bookshops, and more.
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Painting Abstractly in the Midst of Unending Crises
Alyse Rosner is grappling with the question of how to make an abstract painting reflect both the personal and collective.
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Where Painting Can Live
Jason Stopa's desire to infuse his paintings with joy mixes sophistication and innocence without privileging either one.
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Nona Faustine's Family Album
Faustine's depiction of household shared by three generations of Black women presents matriarchy as a source of power.
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Alix Le Méléder’s Rules of the Game
The French artist’s decision to stop painting in 2011 grew out of her work’s internal logic.
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Barbara Hepworth’s Monumental Elegance
The exhibition Barbara Hepworth: Art & Life is both an examination of some of the best of her artworks and a spasmodic account of her life.
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Two Artists’ Lives, Lived Well
John O’Reilly and Jim Tellin had their art, and they had each other.
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Who Owns the Logo of the Lesbian Avengers, Decades Later?
After Gap released a shirt with the group's 1990s logo, a controversy revealed complex questions about the visual language of activism.
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Sonya Clark Weaves the History of Black Hair Into Art
Grappling with the politics of American mythology, Clark constructs objects that are as critical as they are riveting and insightful.