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A Black Woman Stands Out Among the Washington Color School Artists
Alma Thomas was the sole black female artist in what became known as the Washington Color School, and the current exhibition reveals some of the complexity of her art.
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The Sordid Irony of a Pro-Trump Art Show
People thought #DaddyWillSaveUs was satire; it was, instead, the dismayingly self-serious House of Trump Art.
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Seeing Signs of Brexit at Frieze London
Walking through the tents of Frieze Art Fair last weekend, visual evidence of Brexit’s impact was all around.
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A Monument to Henrietta Lacks in Union Square and Other Art in Odd Places
The 2016 edition of Art in Odd Places included a monument to Henrietta Lacks, a "Red Line" archive, and roving dialogues on the theme of race.
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How a Tarot Reading Helped Me Talk About Climate Change
From headlines on ice cap conditions to research on biodiversity loss to terrifying descriptions of earthquakes yet to occur, the stories on climate change that reach us daily simply overwhelm.
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An Immigrant’s Dual Identity Manifested as a Divided Exhibition
HAMTRAMCK, Mich. — Like many an immigrant’s tale, Osman Khan’s ambitious installation work begins with a journey.
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Paintings that Embrace the Impossibility of Painting
Jaya Howey takes painting very seriously, and so he finds himself in a very serious corner.
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ArtRx NYC
This week, write a letter to our future president, participate in performance art karaoke, explore the city's normally off-limits architecture, and visit the 20th annual Gowanus Open Studios.
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Ann Hamilton Pays Tribute to Philadelphia's Frayed Textile Industry
PHILADELPHIA — Started around 1907, Municipal Pier 9 was built as part of a comprehensive plan to upgrade the Delaware River as a shipping channel.
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A Public Art Forest of 4,000 Spindly Redwoods Takes Root
Spencer Finch's new public art project has 4,000 trees recreating part of a California redwood forest in Downtown Brooklyn.
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The Experimental Eclecticism of Ed Moses
His daring embrace of an anti-style approach opened up new potential for abstract painting.
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Required Reading
This week, Hollywood's drug war, commodifying Banksy, don't trust Facebook, Trump's fear of architecture critics, picturing the migrant crisis, and more.