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ArtRx NYC
This week, look out for a new book from Lynne Tillman, a screening of Susan Sontag's only documentary, a lecture by critic Negar Azimi, and more.
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Paintings that Stress the Strangeness in Ordinary Surfaces
Corydon Cowansage's works on canvas twist our perspective on such typically drab images as blades of grass and brick surfaces.
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A Contemporary Take on Rococo Over-Intellectualizes Its Point
Tom Ellis’s detached intellectualizing of the Wallace Collection’s contents and history unfortunately leaves the soul unstirred.
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Vice President-Elect Mike Pence Made Strange Comic Strips While in Law School
Is there anything to be understood from Mike Pence’s law school comic strips?
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Lina Bo Bardi’s Glass House and the Multiple Worlds It Contains
While the Italian-born architect Lina Bo Bardi carried her European heritage with her, her passion for, and even affinity with Brazilian culture was profound.
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Trying to Believe in Sanford Biggers's Subjective Cosmology
In the Sanford Biggers exhibition at the Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit, there is a feeling of being somewhat loose and unsupported in the space.
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Ghostly Flowers and Haunting Laughter Light Up a 19th-Century Reservoir
There is no path, map, or cautionary lighting to help you find your winding way through this exhibition.
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The Story of Norway’s Multiple July 22 Memorials
Jonas Dahlberg’s "Memory Wound" has been in the international spotlight, but two other memorials commemorate Anders Behring Breivik's 2011 massacre in different, subtler ways.
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Soothe Your Post-Election Anxieties with a Magnetic Sound Bath
Artist MJ Caselden is using electroacoustic sculptures to offer immersive sound baths of deep, subtly shifting, and humming tones at Manhattan's apexart gallery.
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Required Reading
This week, it's all about the Trumpocalypse, including fake news and other signs of a waning US democracy.
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Weekend Words: Block
"Americans will put up with anything as long as it doesn't block traffic."
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The Quick and the Dead
Salvatore Scarpitta’s imagination was wild and full of high jinks. It is one reason why the art world has never known what to do with him.