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South African Artist Nails It with Sculptures Made from Thousands of Press-Ons
These works suggest the uneasy relationship between sex, power, and desire that is brought to the surface by performed femininity.
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Aboriginal Women in Australia Celebrate Their Football Heroes with Pottery
MELBOURNE — The desert of Central Australia might seem like an unlikely place to find an art cooperative making potent and beautiful pottery.
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Ghana's Golden Age of Hand-Painted Kung Fu Movie Posters
In the 1980s and ‘90s, a vibrant new art form proliferated in Ghana: Kung Fu movie posters painted by self-taught artists on recycled flour sacks.
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Sculptures of Synthetic Body Parts Mixed and Matched
Can sculptural works that physically render immaterial digital structures give us an authentic perspective on the body, one that takes into account its history as well as its potential? Ross Knight’s work signals “no.”
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Finding a Spiritual Haven in Digital Culture
MEXICO CITY — For the first time in Latin America, New York-based Thai artist Korakrit Arunanondchai’s immersive video work and sculptures are on view, and in a uniquely intimate setting.
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Discovering the Secrets of Venetian Glass
The finest glassware of the Renaissance was made by artisans on the Murano island in Venice, and their techniques were intensely guarded.
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Lost and Invisible Bodies, Enshrined in Glitter and Bling
I am struggling to photograph a tapestry.
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The Immortal Deer an Artist Set Loose in Grand Theft Auto
I’ve never played Grand Theft Auto (GTA), but I have spent a decent amount of time watching a hacked — or, rather, “modded” — deer running through the GTA V live game, and I think this deer has something to tell us.
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ArtRx LA
LOS ANGELES — This week, a multi-venue screening of the works of filmmaker Chantal Akerman begins, a Marilyn Minter retrospective opens, artist Paul Ramirez Jonas invites you to make a promise, and more.
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Binging on Selfies and Regurgitating Money: The Best of Hong Kong's Art Fair Week
HONG KONG — Admission to the final days of last week's Art Basel Hong Kong was sold out, and the fair logged an impressive 70,000 attendees.
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Overlooking the Port of LA, an Exhibit Considers Sustainability
SAN PEDRO, Calif. — The exhibition gestures to the land and sea present in the artistic imaginary of San Pedro, where viewers get to take in “reimagined vehicles wobbling across scrutinized infrastructure.”
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Art Deco Patterns of Beetles and Butterflies
Emile-Allain Séguy was enamored with the overlooked wonders of the natural world.