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The Drive-Through Tree, a Relic with Roots in American Tourism
Last weekend, the Pioneer Cabin Tree in California collapsed. It was one of a number of West Coast trees that had holes cut through them in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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Memorializing the Forgotten Grave of a Pre-Raphaelite Muse
Fanny Cornforth has one of the most recognizable faces of Pre-Raphaelite art, yet after dying at an asylum in obscurity, she rests in an unmarked grave.
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Skewering Trump by Any Memes Necessary
People are dealing with the new realities of Trumplandia through memes because they help us laugh. Did someone say #goldenshowers?
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Nurturing the Experimental Music Underground
There have been losses. Terrible losses. And yet, somehow the underground finds its way.
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A Photographic Tour of London’s Art-Filled Streets
The British capital continues to be a playground for artists who use the walls as their canvas.
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ArtRx LA
This week, a group show questions the concept of masculinity, a store selling thousands of copies of Jerry Maguire opens, Regen Projects hosts a conversation between artist Theaster Gates and curator Hamza Walker, and more.
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Training to Be a Spy at the Brooklyn Museum
Top Secret International (State I), part of the Public Theater’s annual Under the Radar Festival, is an immersive play that reframes espionage through art.
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ArtRx NYC
This week's offerings include a workshop on decolonization, a history of NYC squatting, a one-woman show in a bathroom, and more.
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In New Drawings, Kara Walker Traces American Histories of Christianity and Racism
Her tumultuous charcoal drawings enshrine an unresolved US narrative filled with racism, martyrdom, and political violence.
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An Exclusive Glimpse of a Gilded Salon of Presidential Power
For his elegant new film, Laurent Grasso was allowed to film in the Salon Doré, the golden-hued office of the President of France.
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Navigate the Largest Survey of the Night Sky
An observatory on a Hawaiian volcano spent four years digitally surveying the night sky, resulting in the largest sky map to date.
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Understanding the Building Blocks of Our Machine World with Art
In a time of uncertainty, artists may offer insights and navigational aids for an emerging reality overwhelmingly dominated by technology and machines.