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Adam Simon’s Deadeye Realism
As is often the case with Simon’s work, the logo paintings require a period of conceptual catch-up before they can be seen as what they are, rather than as what they seem.
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Solve a Murder Mystery in a German Rapper's Interactive Music Video
In German rapper Kontra K’s interactive video for "Next to You," off the new album Labyrinth, a fisherman discovers a crime scene at a quiet lake house.
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Dangerous Bodies on the Verge of Breaking Down
The Performance Anxiety series, curated by Ventiko, stages a monthly performance buffet on the Lower East Side.
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A Native American Artist Who Painted Pop and Challenged the Status Quo
PHOENIX, Ariz. — Super Indian: Fritz Scholder, 1967–1980, currently on view at the Phoenix Art Museum, features over 40 oil paintings and prints by the Luiseño artist.
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Rescuing Roosevelt Island's Rare, Abstract WPA Murals
"When people hear the words 'WPA murals,' they envision the large and heroic figures they may have seen in post offices or other public buildings across America," said Stephanie Wiles, the director of the Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art at Cornell University.
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Developing the Edges of Japanese Photography
The Close to the Edge: New Photography from Japan exhibition at Miyako Yoshinaga looks to position the gallery as an organization that shapes the conversation around historical and contemporary photography from Japan.
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The Seduction of Inscrutable, Shrouded Paintings
I find it easy to get lost in a painting by Alex Dodge even if I'm not entirely certain what the subject matter is.
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Peering into a Caravan Haunted by Marionettes
As the sounds of a storm fill the gallery, the illuminated caravan begins to clatter with life.
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In a City with Polluted Water, Flint’s Artists and Cultural Organizations Help Cope with the Crisis
FLINT, Mich. — When President Obama visited Flint a few weeks ago and took note of peoples’ feisty attitude, I was relieved to have my own perceptions echoed by someone I trust, who probably has spent about as much — or more accurately, as little — time in the city as I have.
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Tehran Diary: A Largely Local Art Scene Begins to Open Up
TEHRAN — My first impression of the Iranian capital is one of vagueness in a difficult topography, as the city sprawls in all directions and stands at different elevations surrounded by mountains.
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Why Museums Are Granting Google Free Access to Their Collections
Google Cultural Institute recently revealed that it has engineered the creatively named Google Art Camera: a custom-built camera intended to capture "ultra-high resolution 'gigapixel' images" of artworks in museums around the world.
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John Waters Curates a Show of Low-Tech Art in Silicon Valley
SAN FRANCISCO — There’s something deliciously subversive about an old-guard, establishment art gallery mounting an adamantly low-tech, analogue art show that celebrates dysfunction, messiness, and thwarted purpose, and doing it at the vortex of an industry that fetishizes streamlined, enhanced, digi