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Bearing Witness to Breonna Taylor’s Life and Death
There are many in Kentucky who wish to get beyond the Breonna Taylor tragedy, but Amy Sherald’s magnetic portrait of Taylor insists otherwise.
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Required Reading
This week, the Tartarian conspiracy, labor issues at the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, a Russian singer trapped in a Chinese reality TV show, Hollywood's copyright obsession, and more.
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A View From the Easel During Times of Quarantine
This week, artists reflect on quarantining from their studios in New Mexico, New York, and Los Angeles.
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An Artist’s Crash Course in Government
In a series of PSA-style videos, Paul Pescador poses questions about government that quickly unravel into a nightmarishly complex knot of existential crises.
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Precious Okoyomon Envelops Us in the Textures of Black Mourning
At Performance Space New York, Okoyomon enables a sense of communion amid unrelenting loss.
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El Museo’s Triennial Defies Stereotypes Mapped Onto Latinx Art
Amid the museum’s complicated past, this first triennial offers some hope for the future.
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“Art & Resilence” Aims to Raise Funds for Syrian Refugees
The charity auction features a wide range of artists, including John Akomfrah, Diana Al-Hadid, Judith Bernstein, Rico Gatson, Isaac Julien, Tala Madani, and Hrair Sarkissian.
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Melissa Joseph’s Felted Tributes to Family Archives
Joseph’s work exudes both playfulness and gravity, evoking fond memories while channeling the sorrow of the last year.
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Nikita Gale Makes the Labor of Tina Turner’s Performances Visible
Gale considers the work occurring behind the scenes and how technologies structure our experience of live performances.
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John Giorno's Beautifully Disgruntled Poem-Paintings
Giorno sets up your expectations and then pulls the rug out.
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Clare Grill’s Untranslatable Paint
Grill’s diaphanous brushstrokes and floating forms express a world in a state of unavoidable change.
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Required Reading
This week, defining "carceral heritage," the story of a teen in the infamous Kent State photograph, considering Nicolas de Staël, digital blackface, and more.