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The Cosmic Utopianism of Two Fin-de-Siècle Collectives
The exhibition is strongest conceptually when the curators focus on the artist collectives that sought a new social and cosmic order through art.
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Artist Sells Off Ad Space on a Rauschenberg to Destroy It
Nikolas Bentel is selling off sections of a Rauschenberg artwork as advertising space in a critique of the art market.
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A Tlingit Artist’s Contemporary Take on Her Vanishing Culture
Alison Marks’s sculptures, paintings, and textiles often appear gently familiar, but then take a deeper, more troubling turn.
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Meow Wolf’s Exciting Model for Engaging with Art
As an artist and maker, as well as a writer and someone who understands the deeply rooted desire to touch the art, I was heartened to discover The House of Eternal Return.
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The Common Threads Between Female Quilters and Abstract Expressionists
At one time or other these women's craft was either considered lowbrow or was measured against the work of male contemporaries.
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Pop Goes the Ugly American Stereotypes
An exhibition at Musée Maillol demonstrates that Pop Art did not then, and does not now, matter — because it has never been a site of cultural resistance, but rather a scene of authoritarianism rooted in an affirmation of top-down corporate affluence.
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An Alternative Art Space in Mexico Challenges the Capital's Dominance
With its first show, Puebla's Decentered Gallery seeks to create unique local and international connections rather than responding to the biggest art markets.
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Do the Met Museum's Admission Numbers Add Up?
The bigger question regarding the Metropolitan Museum's new admission policy is who should pay? Donors? The public?
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Seeing Latin America's Modernist Capitals Through a More Personal Lens
Condemned to Be Modern shows how the lived experience of a city can often stray from the historical narrative.
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A Photography Display Infused with the Scent of Flowers
The combination of photography with scent is a curious, if slightly unsettling one.
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9 New Galleries That Opened in New York City in 2017
Don't focus on the closings. Three cheers for new galleries!
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Finding the Roots of Graphic Novels in the Ancient World
Recent research on the use of graphic narratives in the ancient world has revealed their value to everyday people in the ancient Mediterranean — similar to modern audiences’ appreciation for such work.