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When Ritual Performances Slip Dangerously into the Real
Cameron Jamie's three short films currently on view at Gladstone Gallery blur the boundary between documentation of ritualized performances and something more sinister.
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Mourning eBay’s Days as the Internet’s Kitschiest, Most Surreal Mall
The passing of the old eBay is the last nail in the cyberflâneur’s coffin.
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Tracing the Lasting Influence of Black Power
The Schomburg Center examines the importance of the political and social movement, from its poetry and music to its inspiring of marginalized groups around the world.
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What Did Precolonial Manhattan Sound Like?
An immersive audio experience transports listeners four centuries into the past, when New York was undeveloped and ecologically diverse.
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Crowdsourcing Home Videos from Detroit in 1967, the Year of an Uprising
The Detroit Institute of Arts' year-long project builds a crowd-sourced archive of everyday life during a year when the city was embroiled in a dramatic conflict.
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Jusepe de Ribera’s Catholic Perversity
An exhibition of drawings by the Counter-Reformation artist showcases his terrific bent towards horror.
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Paintings that Revel in the Wonder of Our Domestic Spaces
Becky Suss's paintings at Jack Shainman Gallery boldly usher the quiet comforts of home into the white-walled space.
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A Conceptual Artist Pays Homage to Surrealist Claude Cahun’s Performance of Identity
A Gillian Wearing exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery puts her work in dialogue with her largely forgotten Surrealist inspiration.
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Why Irving Penn’s Portraits Are His Most Compelling Photographs
Irving Penn’s retrospective exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art traces his career in fashion and portrait photography from 1943 to 2008.
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As Palestinian #DignityStrike Passes One-Month Mark, New York Artists Illuminate the Struggle
A monthlong hunger strike in Palestine, known as the Dignity Strike, continues as artists help illuminate the struggle Palestinians continue to endure.
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13 Performances Reimagine Mexican Rituals on Echo Park Lake
Fiesta Perpetua! on May 20 will feature performances by Carmina Escobar, Japanese Butoh dancer Oguri, and LA-based Oaxacan youth brass bands.
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The Political Problems of the Contemporary “Flâneur”
An exhibition at the Barnes Foundation uses the theme of the contemporary flânuer to draw connections to its 19th-century collection, but the concept is deeply muddled.