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Jordan Wolfson Evades the Politics of His Violent Images
At a screening of his work at the New Museum, the artist failed to acknowledge the privilege that lets him reduce violence to an aesthetic form.
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Artists Fill a Lower East Side Building with Murals Before It’s Demolished
Before it's razed, 140 Essex Street is hosting a one-weekend exhibition featuring 10 murals by 10 artists.
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Inside LA’s Newest Art Museum, the Private Foundation of Fashion Moguls
A new private museum has taken over a former Masonic lodge in LA and transformed it into a 55,000-square-foot contemporary art venue.
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An Artist’s Felt Bodega Is So Successful It Sells Out
Lucy Sparrow's 8 'till late sold all the items you'd expect from a convenience store — only each one was hand cut, stitched, and painted.
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A Dollar-Store Art Show Shortchanges Its Viewers
A massive group exhibition at the Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit was basically drawn from junk, and so it remains.
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100 Hours of Neo-Domestic Performance Art at Glasshouse
The Neo-Domesticity Performance Art Festival features 35 endurance performances happening over the course of four days.
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The Chopped-Up Novels and Appropriation Poetry of an Artist and Bookmaker
Printed Matter’s exhibit Sally Alatalo: Narrative in Revision includes experimental magazines, printed ephemera, and newer digital works.
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At the Broad, an Evening of Performances Inspired by Nico
On June 24, Warhol Icon kicks off the museum's Summer Happenings series with multimedia performances evoking the Velvet Underground singer and artist.
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A Critical Understanding of Edward Curtis’s Photos of Native American Culture
A massive installation at the Muskegon Museum of Art displays Edward Curtis's entire ethnographic survey of surviving Native American culture at the turn of the 20th century.
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A Festival Explodes Expectations of Queer Dance at JACK
The EXPLODE! queer dance festival runs June 22 to 24 and gathers a range of styles and sensibilities, from Irish step dancing to drag.
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The Inaugural Triennial on New York’s Waterways Drops Anchor
Works on Water, a new triennial on New York's waterways, hosts an exhibition on local artist engagement with the city's tides and currents.
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Artists Tinker with Tech at an E-Waste Warehouse
For a one-night exhibition at the Lower East Side Ecology Center's e-waste warehouse in Gowanus, artists transformed outdated and damaged devices into interactive installations and sculptures.