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Blerds and Bleeks Swarm Harlem's Black Comic Book Festival
Forget James Bond — how about we get Idris Elba to be the next Batman?
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Catching the Uncanniness of Medical School Simulations
Learning diagnostic medicine is not just about recognizing symptoms of illness, but also involves interacting with the emotionally complex creature that is the human being.
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Dismantling White Supremacy Among US Poets
Within certain chambers of poetry in the past year, a series of incidents, specifically involving white poets presenting work that has been called out for its callous racism, has led to a great deal of debate on the internet and elsewhere.
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On the Outside Looking In: Mardsen Hartley's Poetry
Marsden Hartley represents a rather contradictory figure in American art and literature. Both poet and painter—he wrote poetry during the mornings throughout most of his life and painted in the afternoons—he survived through the latter, but actively sought out literary attention and wrote about lite
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The Center Does Not Have To Hold: Allison Miller’s Recent Paintings
As Robert Creeley once said: “You can’t derail a train by standing directly in front of it, or, not quite. But, a tiny piece of steel, properly placed. . .” The piece of steel in this case is the work of Allison Miller, an abstract painter who began showing her paintings in Los Angeles in 2006, a de
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Graffiti 2.0: Jeff Schwarz’s Ceramic Abstractions
To be clear, Jeff Schwarz doesn’t use paint on his ceramic paintings. The marks, swipes, smears and sprays across his surprisingly versatile surfaces are created entirely with glaze, slip and clay.
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A Floating, Abandoned Building Will Become a Space for Khmer Art
Located in what was a massive floating hotel in the Kingdom of Wonder, The Boat could become a thriving center for arts and culture in Cambodia.
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In a Performance, Walid Raad Playfully Probes His MoMA Survey
A note of hysteria begins to creep into Walid Raad’s voice as he concludes his hour-long monologue performance, "Scratching on things I could disavow: Walkthrough," at the Museum of Modern Art.
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The Personal Passions and Detailed Devotions of the Outsider Art Fair
Now in its 24th edition, the Outsider Art Fair has found a new home this year at the Metropolitan Pavilion, currently filled with the fair's largest number of exhibitors yet.
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The Evolution of the Museum Visit, from Privilege to Personalized Experience
What you experience when you visit an art museum these days is likely very different from what your parents did when they were your age.
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A Photographer Who Exposed the Scars and Traumas of Postwar Japan
LOS ANGELES — The story of Yokosuka, as told by photographer Ishiuchi Miyako, takes place in lonely, foreboding streets, where the miracle of Japan’s postwar economy seems to not have shaken off the grit and grime of history.
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Wifredo Lam by Way of an Afrofuturist Graffiti Artist
PARIS — Wifredo Lam’s hot, hybrid style is essentially spiky.