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COLUMBUS, Ohio — Spanning several media, much of the work in Us Is Them makes social commentary from the perspective of underrepresented populations. Notably, the show features some of the biggest names in contemporary African-American art, bringing the focus on the fraught nature of black existence
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Too often museums exhibit indigenous art of the United States as artifacts made by ghosts, even though many of these traditions are still inspiring contemporary creators.
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MUSKEGON, Mich. — Common Ground, the Muskegon Museum of Art’s current exhibition of African American art, combines works from three regional Michigan collections: the Muskegon museum, the Kalamazoo Institute of Arts, and the Flint Institute of Arts.
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"There are no rules on this bus."
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NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ — Most amateur historians of New York and the tri-state area are aware of the Lenape as the region’s first inhabitants.
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DENVER — Define monument art. Is it distinguished by its material, size, or relationship to a specific event?
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Last October, the domed 19th-century building that stood as the centerpiece to New Jersey's Greystone Park Psychiatric Hospital was demolished.
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Trained as an anthropologist, Erica Baum views the mundane objects integrated into our daily lives as artifacts that can reveal larger meanings.
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There is a particular thrill in catching an artist in one of those rare moments when they are radically altering the premise of their own work and walking out on a limb, before the direction’s meanings and effects have become codified within their own practice.
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LOS ANGELES — This week, a double-venue Robert Mapplethorpe retrospective opens, curator Selene Preciado discusses the role of the female pachuca in José Montoya's work, REDCAT hosts a two-day symposium on Immigration and Art, and more.
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When China's last emperor departed Beijing's Forbidden City in 1924, the imperial palace was shuttered, and along with it, an 18th-century garden.
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It’s almost difficult to tell the story behind Via 57 West, the new Bjarke Ingels Group-designed residential high-rise now welcoming its first tenants on Manhattan’s west side.