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Two Fresh Takes on Portraying Female Bathers in Art
Katherine Bradford and Jen DeNike remind me how much more there is to water in their gem-like show at AE2.
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Celebrating the Legacy of an LA Artist Residence That May Disappear
Last year, 800 Traction was purchased by a real estate company that issued eviction orders to the residents. This Saturday, they remember their building’s legacy and prepare for the future.
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A Variety Show Takes Inspiration from a Forgotten Book on a French Painter
Each month, the Necromancers of the Public Domain stages performances based on a little-known book from the New York Society Library.
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Visions of Heaven in a Gallery Below Ground
In Hayley Silverman’s new show, shadow-objects and supernatural beings drift through a papaya and strawberry-pink mist.
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Two Artists Envision the Future by Traveling into Their Pasts
The artists Skawennati and Antonio Serna will present video series exploring their histories and heritages at TSA New York on Thursday.
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Michelangelo Traces the States of Being and Non-being
Michelangelo's sensitive phantasmagorical drawings are riveting because they are fierce and fragile; strength and tenderness, like figure and ground, are tied together, neither one complete without the other.
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An Art Festival Inspired by 100 Films About Los Angeles
The two-week performance, video, and music festival features 19 artists and collectives from France and the US and reflects a complex vision of the city.
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The Elegant and Affordable Prefab Architecture of Jean Prouvé
An exhibition at the LUMA Foundation in Arles features 12 of the socially-minded architects buildings made from easily assembled prefabricated parts.
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The Anti-Fascist Tapestries of Hannah Ryggen
Ryggen's massive allegorical tapestries attest to the artist’s strong condemnation of violence as the world burned through World War II, and later, the Vietnam War.
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The Lesser-Known Photos of Gordon Parks, from Fashion to Artists' Portraits
A two-part exhibition at Jack Shainman Gallery sheds light on relatively obscure works by the master photographer, from colorful fashion imagery to portraits of Muhammad Ali, Helen Frankenthaler, and others.
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The Museum of Failure Lives Up to Its Name
The Museum of Failure presents over 100 flops, bombs, and fiascos of innovation, including cars and boats, food and drink, tech gadgets and sex toys.
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Art World Largely Silent as Artforum and Landesman Continue to Fight Sexual Harassment-related Lawsuit
A few months after news broke about sexual harassment allegations against Knight Landesman at Artforum, some want to sweep the realities of the issue under the rug.