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Best of 2017: Our Top 20 Exhibitions Around the World
We traveled around the world this year to look for some of the best art exhibitions and found some gems in Germany, South Africa, Spain, UAE, UK, and beyond.
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Surreal Scenes of the American West Ingeniously Rendered in Wood
Alison Elizabeth Taylor's intricate marquetry yields uncanny scenes and complex visual effects.
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Dalí and Duchamp’s Lasting Friendship, and the Art It Might’ve Inspired
For the first time, an exhibition explores these artists' friendship and the visual parallels within their distinct work.
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The Unfortunate Timeliness of Joseph Beuys
An exhibition covering major bodies of work reveals his urgent resonance for our troubled times.
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Toppling the White Man on the Pedestal
Doreen Garner and Kenya (Robinson)'s two-person exhibition examines the bloody history of white male supremacy and evokes the notion of karmic retribution.
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When Beauty Is a Draw and a Diversion
Tunji Adeniyi-Jones has discovered the benefits of unique stylization: objects and figures can be made in such a mannered way that they become visual metaphors, flexible in their vagueness.
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Best of 2017: Our Top 20 Exhibitions Across the United States
You won't find too many blockbuster names on this year's list, which is dominated by timely themes and under-recognized artists.
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An Important Archive of New York Quilt History Is Being Digitized
The American Folk Art Museum is digitizing the New York Quilt Project, an archive of over 6,000 quilts and their histories.
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Five Outstanding Shows Closing in Los Angeles This Month
From local contemporary art to rare surveys on Latin American modernism, there is plenty of good art to see before the new year.
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Best of 2017: Our Top 10 Los Angeles Art Shows
This year Los Angeles showcased especially diverse and robust exhibitions, thanks in part to an enormous initiative around Latin American and Latino art.
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Best of 2017: Our Top 20 NYC Art Shows
It was a powder keg of a year in visual art, with strong, politically inflected, deeply personal, and wildly inventive exhibitions that touched on the classics, courted controversy, and yielded new favorites.
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Your Paintings Are Numbered
The midcentury paint-by-number craze revealed a belief that with enough curiosity, and the ability to follow basic directions, anyone can be an artist.