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Caravaggio’s Fascination with Death
The artist's last two paintings are as impetuous, violent, and racked with guilt as Caravaggio was himself.
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When Parisians Took to the Barricades
In 1848 and 1871, the working-class citizens of Paris rose up and took over sections of the city, governing themselves in what would briefly become a large-scale experiment in an alternative society.
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Minoru Onoda, Circle Master from Japan's Gutai Group
Onoda daydreamed about the power of his dots and circles to poke a defiant thumb in the eye of “the world we are now living in."
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At the Venice Biennale, Pinocchio Is a Trojan Horse for Capitalist Critique
In the Scottish Pavilion, Rachel Maclean’s film Spite Your Face lays bare how greed corrupts so deeply that even helpless souls are turned savage.
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An Audio Tour Dredges Up the Dark Ecology of NYC's Newtown Creek
A new field guide takes listeners on a walk along one of the country's most polluted waterways, where unexpected nature mingles with relics of industry.
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A New Website Tells the Stories of Over 4,000 Lynchings in the United States
The Equal Justice Initiative, with the support of Google, launched an online interactive that visualizes lynchings from the Civil War to World War II in 20 American states.
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A Death-Plagued Gilded Age Ballroom, Recreated on the Edge of Central Park
I don’t believe in ghosts, but if I did, I would wonder whether the many dead owners of the William C. Whitney Ballroom might be tempted to haunt Liz Glynn’s reincarnation of it.
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Portraits of Angelenos that Illuminate the Complexities of the City
The photographs in Star Montana's show at Beta Main contain the beauty of Los Angeles without hiding its rougher edges.
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In Minnesota, Listening to Native Perspectives on Memorializing the Dakota War
The outcry over Sam Durant's sculpture at the Walker Art Center has provoked reflections on past memorials for the US–Dakota War, and how Dakota Nation voices continue to be ignored.
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Rediscover Desolation Center, a Series of ’80s Punk Happenings in the Mojave Desert
From the Desert to the Sea, opening on June 17 at Cornelius Projects, illuminates this overlooked but fertile period in LA's musical and artistic history.
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The Postwar Japanese Home as a Laboratory for Architectural Experimentation
An expansive and enthralling exhibition at London’s Barbican Centre pulls work from more than 40 architects.
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If Hollywood Actors Tell Refugees’ Stories, Will We Finally Listen?
In Candice Breitz’s video installation, six men and women recount their stories, which are then reinterpreted by Alec Baldwin and Julianne Moore.