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An Abstract Painter Defines a Space of His Own
In his clashing compositions and use of artificial colors and materials Odita generates something very different from artists associated with geometric abstraction and Minimalism.
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How the Invisible Power of Protocol Regulates the Day-to-day
This year’s Vera List Center Forum will turn attention to the systems, structures, and language that undergird every aspect of our lives.
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Hank Willis Thomas Gives an Infamous Modern Art Diagram a Postcolonial Update
The conceptual artist provides a much needed update to Alfred J. Barr, Jr’s well-known chart.
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A Timely Look at the Escape From Paris After Nazi Invasion
The intriguing exhibition Parisian Exodus demonstrates the importance of documenting such moments of upheaval with nuance.
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Peter Williams’s Afrofuturist World and Its Cyclones of Color
It is past time that Williams receives the institutional attention he deserves.
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Pantone’s Latest Shade? “Period” Red
Pantone’s latest shade, “Period,” is perfect for smearing as a warning above the threshold to let visitors know — Old Testament-style — to pass this house over.
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Rare Film Footage of Artist Henry Ossawa Tanner in 1930s Paris
Tanner avoided the cameras for much of his life, but a new documentary on Black American creatives who moved to France finds candid home movie footage of him.
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An Online Archive Tells an Alternate History of US Monuments and Architecture
At the Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery, a new “living archive” of stories, objects, and photographs expands our understanding of how we might reconfigure our relationship to the present.
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Joiri Minaya Isn’t Here to Entertain Your Tropical Fantasies
I’m here to entertain you, but only during my shift flirts with beauty, ecology, and the desire to be seen, without capitulating to the pull of exoticization.
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The Boldly Feminine Gaze of Hiba Schahbaz
Schahbaz’s large-scale paintings, on view in her latest exhibition Dreaming, assert the right to claim and occupy space as a woman.
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What Does 'Home' Mean During the COVID Pandemic?
Home Truths, a new online screening series from Anthology Film Archives, acts as a resource for community information and solidarity.
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Mira Schor's Critical Annotations of the New York Times
“I felt the need to respond to the namby-pamby, weak reporting that was missing the point or diminishing the reality,” says Schor.