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Required Reading
This week: Renée Cox’s trailblazing photography, more Eric Adams shenanigans, the loneliness epidemic, and why do we binge-watch TV shows about work?
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Pesto the Penguin Waddles Into the Art History Canon
The bumbling penguin has captured the hearts of millions on the internet and spawned a wealth of fan art and illustrations.
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Divya Mehra Makes the Machinery of History Visible
The artist’s works force theatrical encounters with metaphors for colonization or display the same violence actualized against discrete bodies.
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15 NYC Art Shows to See in October
Start off the month with thoughtful shows by a range of artists, from established names like Nan Goldin to newcomers like Rachel Martin and trailblazers like Elizabeth Catlett.
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The Elementary School That Welcomed Keith Haring
To My Friends at Horn is a reminder that artists do not exist in a vacuum and context illuminates the impact of the artist and activist.
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An Intimate Autobiography of Robert Rauschenberg
In many ways, Autobiography, a small Rauschenberg exhibition in Santa Barbara, is self-explanatory, and this is its great strength.
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The Acerbic Wit of Trinidad’s Carnival Costumes
Braxton Garneau was inspired by Trinidad’s long tradition of carnival costumes that exude acerbic sartorial wit as social critique.
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The Problem With b. Robert Moore’s All-Encompassing Afro-Pessimism
The experience of being Black in America transcends the addiction, police brutality, lynchings, loss of family, and misogynoir that the artist depicts.
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The Cutting Satire of Hannah Höch’s Collages
One of the inventors of modern collage, Höch’s sociopolitical imagery skewered the politicians and culture of early and mid-20th-century Germany.
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Bushwick Open Studios Finally Comes of Age
The annual event celebrated its 18th edition this weekend, with artists in good spirits despite rain and a subway line that didn’t run into Manhattan.
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How Robert Frank Pushed the Boundaries of Photography
A refreshing retrospective demonstrates that, far from being overshadowed by The Americans, Frank was only getting started with it.
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The Surreal Pathos of Charles Steffen’s Portraits
After suffering a nervous breakdown, the late Chicago artist began to make his surreal graphite and colored pencil portraits on found paper.