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Immersed in Yayoi Kusama’s Lonely Labyrinths and Infinite Worlds
Yayoi Kusama's retrospective at the Hirshhorn Museum brings together the largest number of mirror rooms ever, as they all appear to extend infinitely into distant darkness.
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An Artist Describes the Apocalypse According to Busta Rhymes
Aria Dean's upcoming lecture at Machine Project, "Busta Rhymes at the End of the World," will focus on apocalyptic themes in the rapper's oeuvre.
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Hilton Als Curates Alice Neel's Portraits of Life in Upper Manhattan
The exhibition at David Zwirner gallery features five decades' worth of Neel's paintings and drawings of people of color.
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Portraits of Artists and Writers Who Vanished From Public View
References to artists and writers that were once prolific members of public life but later chose to vanish from public view are planted throughout Claire Tabouret's show.
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Tripping Through an Artist’s Fabrications, from a Faux Art Movement to a Looney Tunes World
Matt Freedman is at heart a storyteller, working for years as a writer and cartoonist. Stringing together obtuse veins of thought, he fabricates alternate realities and histories.
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Thickly Layered Paintings that Glow with Their Own Light
If painting maps the mind, then Steve DiBenedetto must be a very interesting guy to hang out with.
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A Luminous Look at Turner's Port Paintings
An exhibition at the Frick Collection unites for the first time three of J.M.W. Turner's 1820s port paintings, created in an age of newly open borders in Europe.
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Proposing Painting as a Form of Refusal
Blake Rayne’s first midcareer survey is full of linguistic disruptions and quiet repetitions, bringing to mind Bartleby the scrivener’s disarming resistance.
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A Haunting Game of Survival Set During the 2014 Israel–Gaza Conflict
Liyla and the Shadows of War is a game set during the 2014 Israel–Gaza conflict, in which you attempt to protect a young girl through the raging battle.
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Closing Out a Month of Black Art in the Heart of Brooklyn
Continuing through February 28, Black Artstory Month brings exhibitions, murals, performances, film screenings, and more to a stretch of Myrtle Avenue.
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A Portrait of a Predator
A video work about avian predators and their prey blends documentary and fictional narrative of the life of a bouncer in Mexico City.
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The Transporting, Tactile Pleasures of Porcelain
An exhibition at the Frick features pieces from its collection of Royal Meissen porcelain curated by artist Arlene Shechet, as well as works she made while in residence at the historic manufactory.