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Searching for Trends at the Armory Show with Empty Pockets and a Drink in Hand
The strength of the Armory Show — now in its 24th year — is that, just like a mall, I know exactly what to expect when I go there.
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Tania Bruguera’s Once-Censored Installation Measures the Distance Between Words and Things
First created for the Havana Biennial in 2000, Bruguera's installation-performance is a critique of the totalitarian structures that impact people's daily lives.
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Jean-Luc Godard's Models for a Scuttled Exhibition Are Artworks in Their Own Right
An exhibition at Miguel Abreu Gallery gathers the intricate and rewarding models Godard created for a 2006 exhibition at the Centre Pompidou that never came to pass.
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Spring Break Is an Oasis for Art Fair Haters
If you want to experience some of the most uplifting energy in New York's art community, I'd suggest checking out this beloved art show.
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With a Microscope and Sketchbook, a Pioneering Neuroscientist Magnified the Brain’s Mysteries
NYU's Grey Art Gallery is exhibiting 80 drawings by Santiago Ramón y Cajal, the "father of modern neuroscience" who used art to reveal the anatomy of the brain.
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Refreshingly Rough Wooden Sculptures, Carved with a Traditional Japanese Hatchet
Hirosuke Yabe's wooden sculptures jive with the jagged, accentuate accidents, and roll with the rough.
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A New Type of Flâneur Strolls in Search of Humanity
I found myself considering a new type of flâneur while surrounded by the work of Bay Area artist Minoosh Zomorodinia.
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Intricate Artworks Show a Mother's Pain and Persistence
Kaitlyn Tucek draws in an effort to comprehend the failures within her child’s body.
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Rich and Varied Visions of Black Female Glamor
Two exhibitions in St. Louis explore very different but complementary visions of how Black women have redefined glamor.
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An Artist Lays Bare the Obsessive Process of Translating Her Father's Novel
As a translator myself, I found Asuka Goto's installation of annotated pages profoundly satisfying and, at times, anxiety-inducing.
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Andrea Fraser Considers the Role of Artists and Institutions in the Rise of Right-Wing Populism
Eschewing the divisive polarization that has characterized much contemporary political discourse, Fraser examines the role that left-leaning artists and institutions may have played.
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Jeffrey Gibson Designs Vibrant Garments to Confound Cultural Assumptions
At the 2018 Armory Show, the artist said he doesn't see his garments as clothes — he sees them as proposals.