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The Infinite Worlds Made from Pins
Tamiko Kawata's current exhibition offers a metaphor to help us grapple with how meaning is made.
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A "Performative Conference" Reimagines the Social World
Performance Space New York to host a conference on reimagining the social, looking at the relationships between humans and non-humans and how we interact on this planet.
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The Beatitudes of Bill Traylor
I wonder if it is possible for black Americans and white Americans to really see the same thing when they look at the creations of institutionally minted “modern” black artists.
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An Aztec Opera Beautifully Relays the Birth of Two Volcanoes
LA Plaza de Culturas y Artes debuts a new production that offers a contemporary twist on this centuries-old story.
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The Photos that Captured the First Day of the Soviet Invasion of Czechoslovakia
Exhibiting a series of images from only one day effectively gives viewers a sense of this historical moment.
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A Detroit Bartender Paints Portraits of Heavy-Drinking Patrons
Painter Thelonius Bone says his new series, called "Alcoholics Anonymous," is about “wanting to be unknown and unseen, rather than about recovery."
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An Insomniac Photographer Documents India’s Cities at Night
Over an eight-year period, Dhruv Malhotra spent sleepless nights wandering the streets of Noida, a satellite of Delhi, creating otherworldly photographs of the nocturnal cityscape.
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Rethinking the Laws of Nature at Helsinki's New Amos Rex Museum
The choice of the teamLab collective for the opening exhibition of the Amos Rex Museum indicates that the museum's mission is sharing the exuberant power of art.
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Considering Adrian Piper’s Art Alongside 50 Years of Social Change
In conjunction with the exhibition, the Hammer Museum hosts a day-long symposium on Piper's vital work.
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Seeing Ourselves in Animals Throughout Art History
The exhibition Stampede prods the viewer to consider how artists use animals to represent human traits and critique the world we humans live within.
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How Ellsworth Kelly’s Language of Abstraction Grew on Him
Kelly's early sketches of the natural world would define his work across mediums and throughout his career.
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A Grassroots “Google Street View” Supports Community-Building Efforts in Detroit
A mobile mapping station being developed by a team in the Master's Urban Planning department at Lawrence Technical University, wants to help residents of embattled neighborhoods.