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An Ambitious Survey of the Titans of Abstract Expressionism
This expansive AbEx show is brash, irreverent, and unconstrained, just like the period it aims to express.
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A Radical Artist’s Journey from Fluxus to Full-On Commercialism
A retrospective devoted to pioneering Fluxus artist Ben Vautier tracks his evolution from a radical thinker and early conceptual artist to salable brand name.
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Opening Up to Agnes Martin’s Pure Abstraction
A retrospective of the artist's work at the Guggenheim Museum is worth seeing on more than one occasion, and it will probably appear differently each time.
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From Unreadable Books to a Font Called “Font,” Fiona Banner’s Text-periments
If you ever get joy from the written word, you might not like "Buoys Boys," Fiona Banner's pun-themed exhibition by the sea.
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The Unsettling Art of Making Hyperrealistic Baby Dolls
A new short documentary shows Kate Charles, a sculptor who crafts elaborate and hyperrealistic babies known as "Reborn Dolls," at work.
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Worshipping at the Altar of Beast Jesus
Since Cecilia Giménez Zueco transformed Elías García Martínez’s "Ecce Homo" into the viral sensation "Monkey Jesus," the Santuario de Misericordia has been turned into an interactive tribute to the two artists' improbable collaboration.
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A Prototype for a New System of Composting Human Remains
The Urban Death Project is building a structure at Washington State University where human remains will be transformed into soil.
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How Dutch Wax Fabrics Became a Mainstay of African Fashion
The Philadelphia Museum of Art examines the past and present of Vlisco fabrics, a symbol of our hyperconnected, postcolonial material world.
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A Sound Installation in Miami's Drains Warns of the Impending Flood
Cara Despain’s “Sea Unseen” tells the tale of a great American paradise that's swiftly and frantically overtaken by the sea.
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Glimpses of the Afterlife in Swoon’s New Installation
Artist Caledonia “Swoon” Curry glimpsed the afterlife when her mother died in 2013, but it took years of research for Swoon to connect this visceral event with what's known as a "shared death experience."
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Machines Triggered by the Ghost of Thomas Eakins
Artist Fernando Orellana is summoning the ghost of Thomas Eakins to Philadelphia through art machines and nude models.
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A Performance Counters Violence with Meditations on Empathy
On November 6, the Moving Company will stage a new performance, in which mover Ruby Onyinyechi Amanze will dance in cement shoes and yellow-feathered knee pads, while Tina Wang and Mor Mendel joust with fly swatters.