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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.
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Louise Nevelson, Kehinde Wiley, and Artists Worth Discovering at the ADAA Art Show
The 30th edition of the Art Dealers Association of America's annual art fair features works by many of the familiar blue-chip names, but there are also some surprises to be found ambling the aisles.
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Why a Diego Rivera Still Life Hangs in Steven Spielberg's The Post
The Cubist painting "No. 9, Nature Morte Espagnole" fits surprisingly well with themes in the Oscar-nominated film.
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Drawing on Memories of Violence and Displacement
Millie Chen suggests that spectacle can be destructive, but the shared act of looking, and looking back, can also build empathy.
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Quilts as Tools for Resistance
Embedded in this year’s QuiltCon, which featured over 350 works, were acts of protest.
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A History of Protest and Activism at the Oscars
While we wait for what the Academy Awards might hold on Sunday, it's worth revisiting the ceremony's history of protest, beginning with Marlon Brando's rejection of his award in 1973.
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Animating the Art of the Metropolitan Museum
Simone Seagle transforms iconic works by artists like Paul Klee and Claude Monet into interactive animations.
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Running the Numbers on Attendance at History Museums in the US
In attempting to gauge whether attendance at American cultural institutions is indeed declining, many commentators often conflate “museum” with “art museum,” but art museums comprise only about 4.5% of American museums, while history institutions, comprise about 55.5%.
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Recreating Some of Hollywood’s Most Infamous Art Crimes
Kota Ezawa, who believes “artists are close to outlaws,” recreates Hollywood crime scenes in video animations.
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What the Data Tell Us About the Challenges Facing Female Artists of Color
Our research uncovered something surprising: we had a lot of data about women in the arts, and a good amount of data about race and ethnicity in the arts, and plenty of articles stating that women of color fare worse in the art world, but not much hard data.
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Art that Embraces the Incoherence of the Internet
Liu Shiyuan's videos, photos, and installations wrangle with the deluge of information and imagery we're constantly fed without veering into incoherence.