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Paintings that Expose the Spirit Within the Body
In Jenny Morgan's exhibition at the Museum of Contemporary Art Denver, death lurks in her compositions.
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How Philip Guston Found Salvation in Poetry
Philip Guston and the Poets, currently at the Gallerie dell’Accademia in Venice, shows the significant influence of poetry on Guston's work, especially after he retreated from the art world.
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Five Decades of Courtroom Artists Capturing What Cameras Can’t
The Library of Congress selected examples from its collection of 10,000 courtroom drawings to show how artists are essential to public understanding of American trials.
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Watch a Modern Opera About a Witch Hunt at the Day of Music Festival
Vireo: The Spiritual Biography of a Witch’s Accuser, an opera made specifically for TV and online, features over 350 musicians, including the opera star Deborah Voigt.
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Mel Bochner's Linguistic Trickery
The artist’s paintings at Peter Freeman, Inc. move language from mere representation to lived experience.
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Learn About the History of Housing Works and a Project Devoted to Trans Voices
Tonight at Housing Works' bookstore and café, discover a project that's been documenting the organization's 25 years of advocacy work, as well as the NYC Trans Oral History Project.
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Why an Indigenous Australian Wants the British Museum to Return His Ancestor’s Shield
Rodney Kelly is campaigning the museum to repatriate the Gweagal shield, which belonged to his great-great-great-great-great-great grandfather.
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Paintings in Which Splotchy Blobs Stand in for Historical Figures
Alun Williams makes ahistorical history paintings by playing with the postmodern circulation of context-free imagery, mixing free-spirited image accumulation with glints of personal specificity.
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Tehching Hsieh's Art of Passing Time
The artist's exhibition for the Taiwan Pavilion at the Venice Biennale shows how he has attempted to bring art into life.
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Required Reading
This week, Koch Brothers and arts funding, touring the National Museum of Taiwan, a monument commemorating the generosity of the Choctaw Nation to the Irish, urbanism and Apple's new HQ, the mysteries of "bog bodies" unveiled, and more.
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Weekend Words: Velvet
"I would rather sit on a pumpkin, and have it all to myself, than be crowded on a velvet cushion."
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The Startling Abstractions of Arpita Singh
For those who know only Singh’s figurative paintings, this exhibition of 33 abstract works will come as a surprise in the very best sense.