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Provocative Art about Blood and Masks
Daniel Pešta's paintings refute the conventions of classical beauty but their nightmarish imagery can be exquisite.
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A Trailblazer of Computer Drawing Gets Her Due
An exhibition offers a glimpse of Vera Molnar’s career, from post-Constructivist abstraction to her use of a computer to make drawings.
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Sandra Vásquez de la Horra’s Guide to the Americas
In Vásquez de la Horra’s cosmology, we encounter fantastical creatures on whatever journey we take, whether it is to a real place or an imagined future.
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Stormy and Trumptaeon
The grotesque transgressor, having seen the Goddess naked, was delivered by Zeus to Stormy Artemis, who would decide his fate.
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The Political Resonance of Contemporary Sculpture
Sculpture at Luhring Augustine posits contemporary sculpture as a corrective to politically regressive monuments in the United States.
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When Photorealism Meets Delacroix
Robert Bechtle’s photorealist pictures of suburban California resist exoticism as much as Delacroix’s paintings of Algerian harems.
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Richard Aldrich's Elliptical Paths Through Language
Aldrich brings a rich sense of materiality to a practice founded on the gap between images and language.
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Despite Political Crisis in Brazil, a São Paulo Art Fair Preserves the Status Quo
As riveting as many of the works on show were, I wasn't the only one to notice that the fair presented itself as a bubble, completely disconnected from the reality of current Brazil.
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Remembering Studio Ghibli Co-Founder Isao Takahata, Who Imbued Animation with Emotion
Takahata's genius lay in his effortless ability to portray the mundane — something not often associated with the motion-focused energy of animation.
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Paintings that Question the Promises of Postcolonial Democracy
Meleko Mokgosi questions democratic ideals in his paintings of contemporary life in Botswana.
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Google Maps Makes a Modest Attempt at Wheelchair Accessibility
For wheelchair users like myself, technology elicits both joy and skepticism: Can an app really change the way I experience architecture that wasn't designed for me?
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The Empathy and Solidarity of Laura Aguilar's Unbroken Gaze
The photographer portrays her subjects with a tenderness that makes them seem like friends, and with the attention of someone who really sees them.