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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.
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Titus Kaphar and Ken Gonzales-Day Reveal the Fictions in Depictions
Although both artists in Unseen critique omissions in the art historical cannon and offer compelling counter narratives, it is not enough to place their work in neighboring museum galleries and call it a show.
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Lynn Hershman Leeson's Art Opens the Doors to Mysterious Laboratories
“I don’t know anybody else in the art world who has the capability of pushing scientific research in this way,” Leeson observes of her own work.
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From a Tower of Babel to a Concrete Ziggurat, an Artist Erects Monuments to Human Endeavors
Scott Hocking has spent months making labor-intensive constructions inside abandoned buildings or amid their ruins, creating mystical monuments that pay tribute to history.
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Rituals of Liberation Intended to Unsettle at the Whitney Museum
Last night's performance at the Whitney Museum reminded the audience that they are all on unceded indigenous land, while exploring the implication of settler colonialism.
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The Painterly Brilliance of South Florida's Foliage
The 12 landscapes in The Magic Hour are limned with reverence, but there’s also the microscopic gaze of someone as curious as he is mystified.
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The Distinct Shapes and Movements of Korean Modernism
Ultimately, Suki Seokyeong Kang’s use of the modernist grid is distinctly Korean.
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Artistic Elegies for the Victims of the Pulse Nightclub Shooting
In a vibrant and beautiful tribute, John Gutoskey has made 49 unique monoprints, one for each victim.
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Imagining and Exploring Better Ways to Get Around NYC
The Van Alen Institute's FLOW! festival features a range of talks and activities to help designers, urbanists, and New Yorkers of all stripes find new ways of navigating New York.
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The Pattern and Decoration Zeitgeist
Now, again — reacting to what seems like art’s relentless address of injustices, and news of the day — exhibitions reveal a populist engagement with work that has decided to be happy and make pretty.
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Documenting Nameplate Necklaces from Around the World
"Documenting the Nameplate" presents unique nameplates from around the world as highly personal "coming-of-age items."