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How to Become Anonymous Online
LA's Cryptoparty Crew offers a brief guide to digital anonymity — which, more than simply protecting your identity, can be a means of resistance.
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Ceramics Stage a Coup at NADA Miami Beach 2016
Typically a stronghold of painting, the NADA Miami Beach fair is awash in clay sculpture this year.
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The Vitality of Everyday Things in Fairfield Porter’s Paintings
Porter's paint handling was gestural but exacting, never fancy, and always attending to the experience of looking.
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Electrifying Photographs of an Old German Guesthouse
For years, photographer Andrea Grützner was fascinated by a massive guesthouse in a German village. In 2014, she entered the house with her camera, photographing its well-tread rooms.
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The Unsettling Implications of the American Institute of Architects’ Memo Supporting Trump
After the CEO of the American Institute of Architects stated the organization promised to work with Donald Trump, many architects — both AIA members and not — were pissed.
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A Dreamlike Distortion of Turkish Patriarchal Society
In Lara Ögel’s work, structures of power appear encoded in unexpected ways and emerge from the most commonplace situations.
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The First Photographs of Snowflakes
In 1885, Wilson Bentley, a farmer in Vermont, became the first known person to photograph a snowflake. He would document 5,000 of them in his lifetime.
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Edward and Nancy Kienholz's Angry, Seductive View of US History
Edward and Nancy Kienholz's most harrowing pieces are also the ones that are the most fanatical and one-dimensional in their rage.
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Seeking a Human Connection at Miami Beach's Untitled Art Fair
For the politically concerned citizen, Untitled 2016 offers cold comfort, but three booths stand out for their focus on human narratives and how they can be processed through art.
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All Is Not as It Seems in Art Basel Miami Beach’s Sculpture Park
Many of the works in the mega-fair's public art sector mess with visitors' expectations of what outdoor sculptures and monuments should be and can do.
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The Documents Left Behind from Live Performances
An exhibition explores how the remains of performance art memorialize the past and re-perform for new audiences.
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A Polish Avant-Garde Artist's Endless Draw for the Line
The Polish artist Franciszka Themerson's distinct pictorial language emphasizes the role of the line and its potential even in its most minimal form.