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What Does It Mean to “Collaborate” With Another Species?
The majority of the art in Mutual Aid: Art in Collaboration with Nature is still based on human manipulations of or interventions into natural processes.
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A Mixed Bag at the Outsider Art Fair
The sight of drawings by the likes of Shuvinai Ashoonai not far from sad ceramic animals felt bizarre, but a few standout booths cut through the chatter.
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The Monstrous Empathy of Amaryllis R. Flowers
In her art, Flowers thinks about monster mythology and autonomy as they relate to the all-too-human experience of feeling unwanted and out of place.
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Reckoning With the “Science” of Sexuality
Scientia Sexualis attempts a decolonial approach to the subjects of gender, sexuality, and representation in relation to the clinical gaze.
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Required Reading
This week: Lauren Halsey’s love letter to South Central, James Baldwin’s sartorial revolution, car-free neighborhood design, painterly book covers, and much more.
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Two Painters’ Not-Quite-Abstract Art
The pairing of Amanda Church and Jenny Hankwitz, both longtime practitioners of geometric abstraction, is a stroke of genius for their similarities and differences.
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The Bold and Innovative Aesthetics of Medieval Artists
Over 40 works dating from the 12th through the 16th century fill this compact, beautifully curated show.
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Gertrude Abercrombie’s American Surrealism
Feted as the “Queen of the Bohemians,” Abercrombie saw herself as a kind of jazz witch forging dream visions into a strange, eerie, and occult body of work.
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Benny Andrews Painted the Textures of Life
Collaged scraps of cloth or crumpled paper in Andrews’s portraits were a subversive and insistent means of encompassing his own non-White, non-urban roots.
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Five New York City Art Shows to See Right Now
Sylvia Sleigh, Kenneth Tam, Christine Sun Kim, Paul Gardère, and Rudy Burckhardt are ideal for anyone who desires a glimpse into an artist’s personal life and worldview.
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Men Undressing for Women and Other Contemporary Takes on the Old Masters
Sylvia Sleigh challenged the traditions of portraiture by letting those she adored be their glorious selves.
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The Street Artist Behind the Viral “Anti-Elon Musk” Ads
Winston Tseng’s satirical ad falsely attributed to USAID at a bike dock in Washington, DC, elicited frenzied responses from Republican Senator Thom Tillis.