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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.
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When Artists Are Tamed by the Institutions that Exhibit Them
What is at stake in using Joseph Beuys's theory of "social sculpture" to recast the mission of the curator and the arts institution to take on the role of the artist?
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How Nuclear Testing Transformed the Land in Nevada and New Mexico
Artists document, imagine, and investigate how the testing sites of Nevada and New Mexico scar our soil and harass romantic images of the American West.