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The Mississippi Museum of Art Confronts the State’s Painful History
The institution recently opened Picturing Mississippi, which presents a journey through the state's charged history sprinkled with salient contemporary art.
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Required Reading
This week, the new Zaha Hadid Architects-designed hotel opened in Macau, Elizabeth Alexander on Lorna Simpson, art collector and art publisher Peter Brant sounds, um, problematic, "Terrorientalist Landscapes," Paul Gauguin's midlife crisis, and more.
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An Artist Who Turns Detritus into Talismans
Nicola Ginzel’s choice of found materials speaks to a society in which disposability is a commonplace, deeply ingrained mechanism.
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Surprises from Wayne Thiebaud, Master Draftsman
Thiebaud, just a few months shy of his 98th birthday, offers a glimpse into the thinking behind his five decades of work.
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Bibimbap, Burgers, and Human Kimchi
Please pass the Nobel Peace Prize.
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The Art Object as Institutional Critique
The artists in Décor urge viewers to question the creator’s role in the management and presentation of art.
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Conjuring a Revolutionary Icon in Art
The works of Leandro Katz constitute an arduous investigation into the events surrounding Che Guevara’s capture and execution.
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Egon Schiele’s God of Desire
Schiele’s hometown is commemorating the centennial of his untimely death.
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The Elusive Index of Relationships Between Everyone
An exhibition divided into eight chapters, Chlöe Bass offers us the residue of social exchange for the audience to examine.
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At the CalArts MFA Show, Video Art Delivers Biting Social Critique
All of the 32 artists in this show engage with strategies of resistance, but it is the audio-visual art that commands attention.
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A Very Queer Street Art Movement Is Spreading Across the US
Self-labeled “queer street artists” are increasingly talking back against homophobia and claiming a share of ownership in public space through subversive and explicitly queer imagery.
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British Exhibitions of Ethiopian Manuscripts Prompt Questions About Repatriation
Exhibitions at British cultural institutions have lately underscored the artistic output of Ethiopian scribes, and in the process, have also renewed questions around whether museums that have benefitted from acts of imperialism and colonialism should now return looted objects.