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What Do Artists Need to Make Their Work?
For artists and writers, self-isolation means doing what they have always done — which is work at home.
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John Chamberlain’s Previously Unknown Poems From Black Mountain College
Here’s a sneak peek of the artist’s previously unknown writings from 1955, to be published by Princeton University Press this month.
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Why Museums Can’t Always Fall Back on Endowments
The COVID-19 pandemic may be an opportunity to look transparently at museum endowments and their limitations, and consider the need for alternative sources of support in the months to come.
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A Fashion Designer’s Love Letter to Art in Chicago
Duro Olowu has curated a dazzling show of Chicago art that is as varied and colorful as the patterns in his clothing.
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Introducing Films for Isolation, a Series About Community and Home
The LA-based filmmaker Alima Lee teamed up with the Women’s Center for Creative Work to bring you short films by contemporary, Black queer artists.
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A Photo Project Helps Mitigate Patient Loneliness During COVID-19 Pandemic
Mary Beth Heffernan came up with the PPE Portrait Project during the Ebola outbreak and found that patients felt more connected to their providers if they could see their smiling faces.
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Tune Into a World-Wide Sonic Meditation, Inspired by Pauline Oliveros
Requiring no musical experience at all, the meditation invites participants to take part in a “world-wide musical exchange” through a series of synchronized breathing and tonal exercises.
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Artists Are Teaching Free Online Classes to Kids in Both English and Spanish
The 18th Street Arts Center is launching a mini-semester’s worth of virtual art school for children, from toddlers to teenagers.
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How Small Arts Nonprofits in the US Are Responding to the Existential Threat of COVID-19
Across the country, arts organizations seeking relief funding from city agencies find their businesses ignored or poorly considered by local and national plans for recovery.
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Required Reading
This week, the Kony 2012 scam, "experts" in a pandemic, how the pandemic changed internet behavior, Apple designs a face shield, and more.
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The Quality of Mercy, From Caravaggio to Conceptual Art
Like art, morality persists despite dramatic cultural transformations.
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Lucas Cranach’s Gothic Carnality
Where did Cranach’s nudes come from?