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Batman for President and the American Political Imaginary
Batman, we might say, created the space in the American political imaginary for a President Trump.
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Exceeding Capacity
Tiger Strikes Asteroid doesn’t necessarily offer a new way to see art, but the work by Danielle Cartier, Kasey Toomey, Alex Snowden, and Christopher Richard shows the promise of this through collective activity.
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The Desire for the Unattainable: Myron Stout’s Paintings and Drawings
Myron Stout, who was born in Denton, Texas, in 1908, made an early decision to be a painter but didn’t hit his stride until the late 1940s, after he had served in World War II.
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Considering the Role of University Art Museums on #J20
It is powerfully symbolic for those institutions who decide to close, just as it is powerfully symbolic for other institutions to deliberately choose to remain open.
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A Performance Artist Makes Space for Silence in an Oversaturated World
Ahead of her performance there, Meredith Monk gave a lecture at the University of Michigan outlining her approach to performance as an opportunity to break out of our chaotic visual culture.
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Five Artists, Writers, and Curators Share Their Inauguration Day Plans
Everyone has to make a decision of what they will do that day and these five offered us insight into their plans.
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A Floating Noise and Drag Club Celebrates San Francisco’s Lost Underground
The club was concocted by Constance Hockaday and The Lab in conjunction with — and as a subtle resistance to — the first Untitled art fair in San Francisco.
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A Play About Metalheads and Metal Hearts
La Mélancolie des dragons is a magical play from director Philippe Quesne and Vivarium Studio about a crew of inventive metalheads.
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Occupy Museums Challenges Us to Face Fascism with the #J20 Art Strike
On the eve of the #J20 Art Strike and a solidarity event it's organizing at the Whitney Museum, the collective has released a statement outlining art's role in the fight against fascism in the US and around the world.
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The Many Forms and Meanings of the Scientific Image
Seeing Science from the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, is a yearlong online project that explores photography's role in defining, promoting, and furthering science.
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13 Artists Design Flags for the Age of Trump (with Plans to Burn Them Later)
The 14 flags reflect the fury and despair over Donald Trump’s presidency, but with some glimmers of hope. Here are a few of my favorites.
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An Artist Seeks Women's Used Underwear for Sewing into Quilts
Send her your old drawers, and Coralina Meyer will sew them into one of her "Cunt Quilts," the first of which will fly at this weekend's Women's March on Washington.