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A Poetic Documentary on Carolee Schneemann
This unusual documentary on the artist is screening on Saturday at Metrograph, where Schneemann will also be in attendance.
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Moving Forward with a Fair About Resistance
The second edition of the Forward Union Fair brought together artists and activists for a symposium around themes of social, economic, and environmental justice.
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Tinkering with the Technophilia of Fernand Léger
Léger's sophisticated, imaginative examinations of the machine aesthetic coincided with one of history's most fraught technological periods.
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Works Whose Resonance Overcomes Its Everyday Setting
An exhibition at the Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts is installed in an office space. But the fact that the artworks hold up and make me want to spend time with them speaks to their powers.
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Cai Guo-Qiang's Pyrotechnic Mushroom Cloud Commemorates the First Nuclear Reaction
The work was timed to coincide exactly with the 75th anniversary of the first controlled, self-sustaining nuclear chain reaction.
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Remembering the Abandoned Art Schools of the Cuban Revolution
An artist and scholar dive into the history of Havana's National Art Schools, which were abandoned when their architects fell out of favor with the regime.
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A 24-Hour Cultural Filibuster Against Gun Violence
For Bang, Bang, Gun Amok, artist George Emilio Sanchez has brought together some 50 artists to perform for a full day.
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Strike at Columbia College Chicago Spotlights Problems for Part-Time Faculty
The historic first part-time faculty union in the nation at Columbia College held the two-day strike to convey to the administration the seriousness of unresolved bargaining issues.
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Hawking Audio Guides at the Guggenheim
In this piece from his new nonfiction collection, Dragon at the Edge of a Flat World: Portraits and Revelations, Joseph Keckler revisits his stint as an audio guide salesman.
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Wander the Lost City of Teotihuacán in Minecraft
At San Francisco's de Young Museum, an interactive dive into the ruined pre-Columbian metropolis.
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The Feminist and Critical Pop Art of Nicola L.
The SculptureCenter is hosting Nicola L.'s first institutional survey, cementing her reputation and oeuvre as thoroughly feminist.
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Required Reading
This week, save the internet, the language of all-female art exhibitions, lenticular furniture, gender stats at top architecture firms, Leonardo's toe, and more.