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ArtRx NYC
This week, a celebration of queer nightlife, talks by Faith Ringgold and Jamel Shabazz, a screening of a rare film series that documented the Pittsburgh police in 1969, and more.
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An Affordable Microscope that Folds Like Origami
The Foldscope is a $1 microscope made from waterproof paper that's designed to decrease the barrier of entry to scientific exploration.
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A Garden of Ceramic Delights
Kim Dickey's exhibition at the Museum of Contemporary Art Denver is a strange environment of animals, plants, gardens, and floral forms rendered in clay.
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Spotlighting the Contributions of Women to Modern Interior Design
The Museum of Modern Art explores modern interiors from the 1920s to '50s and the contributions of women to their architecture and design.
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Police Brutality and the Possibilities of Evil
Sondra Perry’s solo show at the Kitchen is more than an installation about the institutionally sanctioned killing of black people; it's about how we frame and understand that reality.
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Astrological Aesthetics: December 2016 Horoscopes
Hyperallergic’s horoscopes offer astrological advice for artists and art types, in art terms, every month.
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The Intimate Polaroids of a 1980s Punk Photographer
Morrisroe's works are photographic in material, painterly in aesthetic, and completely performative in concept.
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An Alluring Glimpse into Japan's Embrace of Art Deco
An exhibition in Washington, DC examines how Japanese artists and designers adopted Art Deco to capture the seductive qualities of a rapidly modernizing society.
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Required Reading
This week, a museum of rocks that look like faces, Art Basel reports, Putin defends artistic freedom, the apolitical Turner Prize, hidden art in Switzerland, and more.
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Weekend Words: Absolve
"Nothing is so soothing to our self esteem as to find our bad traits in our forebears. It seems to absolve us. "
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Original Translations
Diane Simpson’s sculptures, which are made from planes she cuts and scores when she wants to curve them, always begin with a drawing.
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“Neither Flesh nor Fleshless”
What’s great about Rothko’s paintings is their refutation of language, the way they push back against conclusions.