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A Decorative Cosmology Bridging Heaven and Earth
In her new exhibition, Tamara Gonzales continues to mine our material culture to chart the world all around.
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The Lavish Work of One of the Last Gilders of the Versailles Court
The first exhibition on 18th-century bronze chaser and gilder Pierre Gouthière at the Frick Collection brings together lavish examples of his work for the French court of Versailles.
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The Black Cowboys Whitewashed from American History
The photographs and videos in Black Cowboy at the Studio Museum show images of nonwhite cowboys, bringing Americana in line with historical accuracy.
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The Victorian-era Daguerrotypes of Women Breastfeeding
In the 19th century, just after the daguerreotype's introduction in the United States, there was a fashionable moment for portraits of women breastfeeding.
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#HyperPicks: Gender Fluidity and Feminism
Opening at the 8th Floor, The Intersectional Self considers how an awareness of fluid identities has affected our traditional understanding of gender roles.
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Two Cy Twombly Exhibitions Marry Myth and Sensual Abstraction
By a playful amalgam of semiotics with scatology, Twombly redevised history painting into palimpsest poop.
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The Loving, Self-Deprecating Comics of Aline Kominsky-Crumb and Robert Crumb
An exhibition at David Zwirner brings together the artist couple's individual and collaborative autobiographic comics.
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#HyperPicks: Manipulating the News Cycle
In the exhibition News Wheel, current headlines from nine print publications are rearranged while the cacophony of multiple news radio stations blasts around you.
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#HyperPicks: A Cabaret for the Bees
To close out its exhibition Nectar: War Upon the Bees, Pratt Manhattan Gallery hosts a lecture by Dr. Rachael Winfree and an "eco-political cabaret" by performance group the Buzz.
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Show Me the Money! Collective Fundraises for Pyramid to House 14,000 'Jerry Maguire' Tapes
Everything Is Terrible! has 14,000 VHS tapes of the Hollywood film and wants $400,000 to lodge them in the southern California desert.
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When an Exhibition Leaves You Feeling Like an Idiot
Alivia Zivich, a co-curator of the chaotic exhibition Eric Schmid is an Idiot, likened the experience of putting the 80-something artist show together to "tying loose strings to other loose strings."
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As the Great Salt Lake Dries Up, "Spiral Jetty" May Be Marooned
The lake that hosts Robert Smithson's landmark earthwork is desiccating at an alarming rate.