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Gowanus Artists Paint a Mangled and Messy Image of America
Artists are struggling with what it means to be a New Yorker in 2018.
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Artists Reinterpret Classic Fairy Tales, from Rapunzel to Snow White
In Dread & Delight: Fairy Tales in an Anxious World, 21 artists draw on age-old fantasy stories to explore contemporary social issues.
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Thelma Golden Leads a Panel on Roy DeCarava and Langston Hughes’s Book on Harlem
In honor of the republication of The Sweet Flypaper of Life, Cooper Union will host a panel discussion on their work.
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An Update of Edward Gorey's Classic Abecedarium for Dark Times
"The Ghastlygun Tinies," MAD magazine’s mordant riff on The Gashlycrumb Tinies, updates Edward Gorey’s book for our age of school shootings.
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A Video Game Shows the True Colors of Ancient Greece
For a video game that includes extraterrestrial beings and time travel, Assassin's Creed: Odyssey is shockingly faithful to what Ancient Greece looked like during its golden age.
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Generations of Indigenous Voices from New York State
What unites this patchwork exhibition is the land: The artists are all Native Americans whose ancestry is tied to the place now known as New York State.
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Required Reading
This week, Chicago cashing in on Kerry James Marshall's art, honored the “eye of Istanbul,” ballet’s #MeToo moment, evolution of the New York City pizza slice shop, and more.
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Arpita Singh Makes Her Mark
When Singh came to a crossroads in her art, she went back to basics: the line and dot.
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The Spiraling Logic of Paul Mogensen's Paintings
Mogensen's primary interest is not in reiterating the picture plane, but in activating it.
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Igniting Our Dream
For Jorge Luis Borges, nightmares are “flavors” of horror.
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Painting's Patriarchal Spirit
Thirty-seven years after the original exhibition at London's Royal Academy of Arts, A New Spirit Then, A New Spirit Now proves painting is still a boys' club.
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Animation’s Artful Experiments, from Surrealism to Oil Painting Aesthetics
The Animation is Film Festival in Hollywood showcases what's exciting about the medium.