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How Zarafa, France's First Giraffe, Became a Cultural Sensation
In art, fashion, and eccentric hairstyles, the arrival of the first giraffe in France in the 1820s caused a sensation in culture.
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Embracing Feeling Over Logic in Two Artists’ Fragmented Worlds
In their exhibitions at Honey Ramka, Michael Wetzel and Jessica Cannon long for the cohesion of forms and meanings.
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Testing Human Perception with Uncannily Kinetic Body Parts
Elizabeth King experiments with human perception in her installation of mannequin-like sculptures at MASS MoCA.
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Explore the Color Code of a 19th-Century Artist Who Painted Nature
Decode the color system of 19th-century nature artist Ferdinand Bauer, who documented the Australian coast, through an online interactive.
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The Enjoyable Conundrum of Color in 20th-Century European Design
Blissfully, there are no overly odious attempts at scientific explanation of color, just a wide gamut of art and craft achievements to experience and appreciate.
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The Women Photographers of World War I
No Man's Land: Women's Photography and the First World War at Impressions Gallery in the UK highlights women's perspectives of World War I.
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Why Are Stephen Shore's Instagrams Better Than Yours?
From postcards to Instagram, Shore's images continually compel us to consider the ways photographs construct meaning.
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The Queer Deep Web of Zach Blas
Artist and writer Zach Blas wants a new internet, now.
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8 US Colleges Lending Their Art Collections to Students
In 1934, the University of Minnesota started making its art collection available to students looking to decorate their dorm rooms, a practice that has steadily grown in popularity on campuses across the country.
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A John Cage Quote Unifies a Sprawling Show of Digital and Analog Art
Everything at Once, a vast group exhibition marking the 50th anniversary of Lisson Gallery, strings together an eclectic array of strong but thematically disparate works.
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Using Abstraction as a Political Tool
On Documentary Abstraction, a show at ArtCenter/South Florida, asserts that abstraction — in painting, sculpture, and film — can document the sociopolitical zeitgeist.
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Bergdorf Goodman’s Holiday Windows Celebrate NYC Cultural Institutions
The 2017 Bergdorf Goodman holiday windows celebrate the American Museum of Natural History, New-York Historical Society, New York Botanical Garden, Brooklyn Academy of Music, and other local cultural institutions.