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The Politics and Repercussions of Color in Two Exhibitions
Edgar Arceneaux complicates the viewer's relationship to the history of blackface, and Yishai Jusidman depicts his particular vision of the Holocaust.
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Looking to Cuba's Past to Fabricate Tomorrow's Utopia
Adiós Utopia memorializes the driving utopian conceit of contemporary Cuban art, its galleries a testament to the credulity of this dream.
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Alexis Rockman Paints the Past and Possible Futures of the Great Lakes
In an exhibition at the Grand Rapids Art Museum, Rockman portrays the histories and environmental crises of the world's largest freshwater ecosystem.
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Celebrating the Voices and Art of Women Who "Don't Shut Up"
The feminist art space Ceres Gallery is hosting a panel discussion and one-night projection in honor of Women's History Month.
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Museum Puts Jackson Pollock Conservation Process on Public Display
The conservator of Pollock's "Number 1, 1949" shares the challenges he will face when conserving the artwork in the Museum of Contemporary Art's galleries.
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Baltimore's Confederate History Seen Through the Lens of Intersectional Feminism
Lauren Frances Adams offers three bodies of work that celebrate black female exceptionalism and expose the supporting roles of white women in US Confederate history and propaganda, offering a multifaceted site-specific, visual history lesson centered in Baltimore.
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Soviet-Era Musical Records Up-Cycled from X-Rays
Rather than etched on vinyl, tiny grooves were cut onto a medical X-ray, tracing shallow circles over the ghostly shapes of bones.
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Required Reading
This week, a new self-driving car, Kara Walker in New Orleans, #MeToo in the art and architecture worlds, the death of a historic Greenwich Village building, a gallerist quits art fairs, and more.
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When a Painting Becomes an Incantation
Douglas Florian’s choice of words reminds us how much our nation indulges in name-calling and name checks.
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Laurel Nakadate’s Diary of Mourning
Nakadate’s The Kingdom is haunted by grief and irrevocable loss.
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The Great Victim
The oppressor assumes the role of the oppressed.
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Family, Landscape, and Race in Sally Mann’s Photographs
Mann’s historical and social explorations are anchored in her embrace of her identity as a Southerner.