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The Soulful Standouts Amid the Fanfare of Frieze LA
As usual in large commercial fairs, most of what you’ll see at Frieze quickly devolves into so much product, but there is still some soul to be found amongst the gaudy baubles.
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A Doll’s House that Verges on Being Livable
What kind of house is this, that ping pongs between two- and three-dimensional representations that are merely fantasy or merely decorative and pieces that have clear utilitarian use?
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Netflix’s Participation at the Berlin Film Festival Is Riling Up Cinema
The streaming giant has set its sights on prestige film festivals. But as the controversy surrounding its entry Elisa y Marcela prove, it’s going to be a bumpy road.
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Dawoud Bey Enters the Imaginations of Freedom Seekers
The photography in this show imagines what stations of the Underground Railroad might look like, as the act of escaping enslavement is also essentially an act of imagination.
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An Artist Searches for Her Missing Mother
As a way to process her feelings of grief, frustration, and loss, Lauren Hana Chai made a series of paintings titled Last Known Locations, each imbued with imagery inspired by her missing mother.
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A Lively Debate on the Value of the Term "Latinx"
Reflecting on the use of the term Latinx is an opportunity to talk about art history, its canon, and the needs of artists.
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A Father and Son Propose Better Worlds Through Cyborgs and Infrastructure Projects
An unusual exhibition in draws a line between work being made in the heyday of Nasser’s Egypt and today.
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The Past Pushes Forward in an Exhibition About Memory
The drawings, paintings, and videos in Place/Image/Object assert that the act of remembering is work that carries consequences.
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Portraits that Feel Like Chance Encounters and Hazy Recollections
Nathaniel Quinn’s first museum solo show features work which suggests that reality might best be recognized by its disjunctions rather than by single-point perspective.
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In a Perplexing Pairing, Michelangelo Overwhelms Bill Viola
While Michelangelo’s sketches are, like human existence, full of contradictions, Viola’s work relies primarily on empty spectacles.
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A Net Artist Takes Over the Google Image Search of “Frieze Los Angeles”
Gretchen Andrew has ensured that her images will top the Google image search results for “Frieze Los Angeles.”
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Stitching an Image of the Human Cost of Crossing the US Border
The Migrant Quilt project began when Jody Ipsen learned that a record 282 people died when trying to cross the border in the Tucson Sector between 2004 and 2005.