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An Artist Carefully Catalogues His Late Mother's Possessions
Nick Flessa lays bare the possessions of his mother for the world to see, as they become both an index of her life story and her son’s grief.
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Photographs Trace US Government Abuses, from Manzanar to Guantánamo
Concurrent shows at the International Center of Photography feature historical images of Japanese-American detention camps in the 1940s and Edmund Clark’s recent projects tracking the "War on Terror" and covert anti-terrorism programs .
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Required Reading
This week, viral photo of the SpaceX launch, art and tech's complicity, Thomas Heatherwick's "The Vessel," travel in the age of Instagram, drone fashion models, the Las Vegas painting with a cult following, and more.
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Guarding Treasure in Louis Sullivan's Banks
With their winged lions, tapestry brick, interior murals, and stained glass windows, Sullivan’s banks instantly draw the eye.
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Peter Williams's Everyday American Hell
Williams has a deeply personal awareness of the irreparable harm done to black bodies.
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Where Angels Fear to Tread
The marble floors are turning red.
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Melvin Way Holds the Keys to the Universe
Melvin Way’s finely crafted, befuddling works demand to be understood on their own terms. But just what are they?
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Making Art from Global Trade Routes
Hugh Scott-Douglas takes viewers on a journey through the oceanic trade and zeroes in on the interference of bodies and labor in global transactions.
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Allan Kaprow, Before the Happenings
Considered the Father of the Happening, Kaprow started off as a painter whose work reflected a Cubist-inspired, pre-AbEx aesthetic.
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A Decade of Video Art Responding to the 2008 Financial Crisis
Each video reveals another part of the world struggling for air in the tense atmosphere of late capitalism.
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In the Event of an ICE Raid, Please Follow These Signs
Created by artists Jenny Polak, the ICE Escape Signs are designed to jolt US citizens into realizing the challenges the undocumented face on a daily basis.
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Artist Auctions a Rauschenberg Print Completely Covered in Ads
After selling each square inch for $92.59, Nikolas Bentel decided to auction off "The Erased Rauschenberg" (2018), ads and all.