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Leaving Cynicism Aside to Take a Fresh Look at Detroit
For Ryan Standfest to give off a defeatist vibe in the face of adversity is nothing new, but for him to use humor as a coping mechanism rather than a distancing device is refreshing.
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Documenting Damaged Cultural Heritage and Human Suffering in Yemen’s Civil War
Yemeni human rights organization Mwatana has issued a report based on years of research, titled, “The Degradation of History: Violations Committed by the Warring Parties against Yemen’s Cultural Property."
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A Visual Alphabet for an Oral Language from the Ivory Coast
The Bété people did not have a writing system for their spoken language, so Frédéric Bruly Bouabré created one and used it to describe the scenes in his artworks.
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Jeffrey Gibson’s Futurist Gaze
In a word, Gibson’s work is anticipatory — imagining who we humans might become when we truly begin to fill out the contours of our expansive humanity.
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Julie Mehretu and Jonathan Safran Foer Share the Films That Inspire Their Work
Artist Julie Mehretu and writer Jonathan Safran Foer sit down to discuss the films that inspire their work at the Morgan Library.
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Viral Meme Culture at the International Center of Photography
Tonight, Jillian Steinhauer will be in conversation with Jason Eppink and Andrew Kuo to discuss memes, GIFs, and digital culture at the ICP.
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When "Outliers" and "Outsiders" Are No Longer Useful Categories in Art
Inherent in the show Outliers and American Vanguard Art is a kind of subtle hierarchy among artists, even if the curator has tried to delimit its force.
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Stories of an Assyrian King and What Became of His Empire
A new exhibition at the British Museum underscores the material remains associated with the Assyrian king Ashurbanipal, and their display alludes to Britain’s long and fraught history with Iraq.
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Aerial Photographs Convey Humanity's Devastating Effects on Nature
Documenting infernal encounters between human activity and the planet, Edward Burtynsky's multidisciplinary Anthropocene Project is a grave call for change.
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Birds Can Now Nest in a Living Sculpture in Brooklyn
Anina Gerchick's "Birdlink" is a year-round sculpture of native plants that serves as a habitat for New York City's local and migrating birds.
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A Couple's Years-Long Mail Art Correspondence Leads to a Workshop
Over the past six years, artist David Horvitz has sent hundreds of pieces of mail art to his wife, the curator Zanna Gilbert, at the museums she's worked at.
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The Late Robert Morris’s Final, Political Exhibition
Morris, who died last week, left us with this intelligent, stimulating, and typically open-ended show.