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Strong Solo Booths, Leo Lookalikes, and Plenty of Trends at Frieze New York
From an increasingly diversified roster of galleries to a surprising slew of rock art, the mega-fair is impressively eclectic this year.
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Existential Musings from Nashville’s New Hybrid Museum Hotel
At 21c, where does the art end and the hotel begin?
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In a Fight for the Soul of Milan, Artist-Occupiers Face Off Against Developers and City Council
For the past five years, the group Macao has run a thriving, radical arts center out of a former slaughterhouse in Milan. Now the city council wants to evict them.
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Following the Threads that Connect Clothing to Religious Persecution in Southeast Asia
The real subject of Displaced is the arbitrary means by which Muslims of Thailand and Myanmar are subjected to abhorrent violence.
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Perspectives on Female Identity, Inspired by Nancy Spero
An exhibition at Wave Hill features artists from Australia to the Dominican Republic who, like Spero, make work that subverts archetypal depictions of women.
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From Acoustic Mirrors to Kitchen Huts, Sculptures Take Root in Harlem Parks
A public sculpture series curated by the Studio Museum in Harlem showcases work by artists who have strong connections to the area.
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A Major Exhibition Recasts the Influence of Italian Sculptor Medardo Rosso
Peers like Auguste Rodin may have overshadowed Rosso, but time has vindicated him as a decisive contributor to the birth of Modernism.
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Learning Political Lessons at the 1:54 Contemporary African Art Fair
This year, there are several artworks at the 1:54 Contemporary African Art Fair that are worth digging deeper into.
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A Symphony Scored from a School District’s 1,000 Broken Instruments
When Robert Blackson learned about the broken instruments in Philadelphia's public schools, he turned them into a creative opportunity: the Symphony for a Broken Orchestra.
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Photographs that Suspend Us Between Sky and Water
Aspects of Ori Gersht's images are fused and inverted, reflections made into a world I can visually swim in.
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The Porn Cameos of a Chaise Lounge Co-Designed by Le Corbusier
A book by the pseudonymous pair Augustine and Josephine Rockebrune gathers some 150 stills from adult films featuring the sleek LC4 chaise lounge.
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Five Decades of SoCal Artists’ Books at the Craft and Folk Art Museum
On view through May 7, Chapters: Book Arts in Southern California is the first large-scale museum exhibition to focus on artist books in the region.