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Required Reading
This week, the imaginary skyscraper at the center of a new summer blockbuster, missing Picassos, a designer of the #TrumpBaby blimp, Chinese millennials are calling themselves ‘Spiritually Finnish,’ and more.
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Collaging Together Society's Ills
Clipping photos and phrases from army recruitment magazines, Theodore A. Harris began his decades-long critique of the relationship between militarism and capitalism.
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One Painting Can Go a Long Way
William Tillyer's five-part painting “The Golden Striker” (2018), based on a landscape by John Constable, affirms that the possibilities of light cannot be exhausted.
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Monstrous Mutations (Part 1): From Spam Scams to Tweets
With their awkward syntax and frequent misspellings, the president’s tweets aren’t too far from the language of spam.
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Yayoi Kusama’s Mesmerizing, Meditative Garden
Kusama’s installation connects with a broad reach of Rockaway's history, as well as the impact of climate change on the area.
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Michel Auder’s Images of Images
Jonas Mekas has called Auder a “voyeur par excellence.”
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The Divergence of Art and Fashion at the Metropolitan Museum
Presenting contemporary garments alongside Byzantine and Medieval artworks underlines the visual differences between the two genres of objects.
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Support Trans and Women Artists at the Corkscrew Theater Festival and Other Queer Events in NYC
There's lots of queer performance in New York this month, including the Corkscrew Theater Festival, the Trans Theatre Festival, the Fresh Fruits Festival, and the HOT! Festival.
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Measured and Visually Musical, Two Artists Harmonize
In this two-person exhibition, Shiferaw and Melake meet one another in a space of genuine conversation.
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A Torch Song for David Wojnarowicz, Who Powerfully Documented the AIDS Crisis
Wojnarowicz embraced an activist's approach to life and art by producing hundreds of artworks in a span of a decade, before succumbing to his own AIDS-related illness in 1992.
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Courtauld Institute of Art Students Mount a Political Exhibition About Absence
The Courtauld Institute of Art's gallery has offered MA Curating students the chance to put together a show, which, overall, feels politically relevant.
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Wayne Thiebaud’s Confections, Sprinkled with Touches of Cézanne, Degas, and Others
An exhibit at the Morgan Library & Museum lends a few helpful insights into who and what have inspired this 97-year-old artist (beyond the sugary obvious).