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With a Room of Her Own, Emily Mason’s Ethereal Abstractions Bloomed
Mason’s expansive Chelsea studio became her tuning fork — the barometer she used to check that colors and shapes were humming at the right frequency.
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Remembering Susan Landauer, a Curator Who Championed California Art
“No other scholar has contributed as much to the study of California art,” says critic and curator Michael Duncan.
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Required Reading
This week, lessons from Minneapolis, Leonora Carrington's novel, spoofing US news, banner year for psychics, danish kids' TV, and more.
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Some Thoughts About England’s Obsession With Portraits
With the possible exception of Howard Hodgkin, not a single English abstract artist has attained anything comparable to the status achieved by Lucien Freud or David Hockney.
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Melancholy in Black and Neon
Mary Weatherford’s new paintings confront us with a sense of place, a remembered moment, a hidden story.
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Artists and Curators Share Pro-Tips for Successful Virtual Studio Visits
Eight artists, curators (and yes, even a meme account) weigh in on the benefits of screen-sharing, PDFs, and even personalized Zoom backgrounds
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Immerse Yourself in the Vibrant Bricolage of Aminah Robinson
Raggin’ On is a fitting legacy for an absolutely singular artist who spoke passionately of and to her collective community.
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In a Whitney Museum Exhibition, Jewish Artists Go Unrecognized and Unexamined
It seems that, in reinscribing the Mexican muralists who were "written out" of American history, the curators of Vida Americana replaced one exclusion with another.
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“The World I Wish People Knew”: Photographer Cara Romero on Redefining Contemporary Native art
This year, Romero will be installing photographs of California’s Indigenous peoples on billboards and public places throughout Los Angeles.
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Danny Lyon’s Visions of a New York That No Longer Exists
Shot in 1967, Lyon’s photographs offer a more nuanced and human perspective of the destruction of the old lower Manhattan, one that is often paved over by history books.
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Ruth Carter’s Radical, Afrofuturist Fashion
From Do the Right Thing to Selma to Black Panther, Carter’s costume designs have long been defined by their ability to elevate characters too often marginalized.
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Required Reading
This week, considering the work of Joe Sacco, don't be this artist, indigenous architecture in the US, the NY Times's ISIS fan-fic, and more.