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In Paris, a Museum of African Art Brings Out Its Jewels
PARIS — In his prescient book Black Sculpture (1915), Carl Einstein describes certain transcendent examples of African sculpture as a form of “fixed ecstasy.”
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A Photographer Follows the Ubiquitous Bike Taxis of Burundi
“Uwunguruza abantu n’ikinga,” in the Kurundi dialect of Burundi, means “bike taxi-man.”
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Photography's Blue Period Gets Its First Major Show in the US
In 1842, British scientist Sir John Herschel experimented with the effect of light on iron compounds, inventing a process to produce the blue-tinted prints we know as cyanotypes.
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Garments from the Graves of Late Antiquity
Over 50 examples of textile garments and furnishings are on view in Designing Identity: The Power of Textiles in Late Antiquity at New York University's Institute for the Study of the Ancient World.
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Yo, Make Deborah Kass's Public Sculpture in Brooklyn Permanent!
When I first saw it in November I was immediately inclined to bemoan the fact that Deborah Kass's canary yellow public sculpture "OY/YO," installed on the Brooklyn waterfront in Dumbo, will not be there permanently.
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Inside van Gogh's Bedroom
CHICAGO — On Monday, February 15, I slept in Vincent van Gogh's bedroom, the room from the Yellow House in Arles that he famously painted in 1888 and 1889.
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Two Artists Build Order and Chaos from Detritus
DETROIT — If you happen to be prone to synesthesia, you may want to give Kari Cholnoky’s exhibition Semi Lucid Steaks, at David Klein Gallery, a wide berth.
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The Handcrafted Paper Stencils of a Kimono Designer Who Turned to Prints
For decades, the late Japanese artist Yoshitoshi Mori worked as an established kimono designer, using a stencil-based technique to dye his textiles.
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Crocheting a Queer Vision of Art History
PHILADELPHIA — Just as you're rounding the corner, lamenting the fact that you must, in fact, climb another set of stairs, a smiling face greets you.
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Unraveling the Lost Inca Language of Knots
The ancient Inca had no known written language, but they may have used an intricate language of knots.
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25 Years After an Obscenity Trial, Cincinnati Reflects on Robert Mapplethorpe
CINCINNATI — What do you think of when you hear the name “Robert Mapplethorpe?”
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A Game Where You Host Corporate-Sponsored Pride Parades
Nothing smacks of pinkwashing more than a corporate-sponsored pride parade.