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Sussing Out Subtlety at the Frieze Art Fairs in London
LONDON — Last year was my first Frieze London fair, and I was baffled that it could seem so desultory, given that it was chock-a-block with pointlessly novel artworks.
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The Sociality of Sketching Nudes
This past Wednesday, October 7, Art in Flux Harlem staged its first “Sip and Sketch” in central Harlem — a social event convened around nude figure drawing.
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In the Bronx, a Photo League Captures the People and Places Threatened by Rezoning
Jerome Avenue Workers Project, an exhibition featuring work by photographers from the Bronx Photo League (a project of the Bronx Documentary Center), sees gentrification through a personal lens.
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The 16th-Century Fossil Book that First Depicted the Pencil
The first book to illustrate a pencil was published in the 16th century, and its author was more interested in the properties of the lead than the implement itself.
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In Japanese Sculptor’s US Solo Debut, a Phantasmagoria of Color and Motion
Entering the world of Tokyo-based Japanese sculptor Teppei Kaneuji is like walking into a funky workshop gone awry.
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Connecting the Lines Between Gego and Sarah Sze
Gego and Sarah Sze both studied architecture and chose visual art.
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ArtRx LA
LOS ANGELES — This week, a lesbian feminist haunted house opens in West Hollywood, Samita Sinha brings her enchanting vocals to REDCAT, there is a screening of films that explore the relationship between landscape and the body, and more.
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Quirky Quilts Inspired by the Periodic Table
Quilting meets chemistry in a traveling exhibition of 40 contemporary quilts by 40 artists, each inspired by an unlikely source: an element from the periodic table.
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A Digital Excavation for the Tomb Guardians of Central Africa
Kota: Digital Excavations in African Art is the first exhibition to focus on Kota reliquaries in-depth, and involves a digital experience where visitors discover forgotten patterns and connections in the faded art.
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Beyond the Biennial, Three Artists Fight Isolation in Istanbul
With the opening of the 14th Istanbul Biennial this September, the galleries are at a clear disadvantage, and from the dozen or so shows open in the city at the moment, it is relatively difficult to find works that resonate beyond their local context. Still, there are some hidden gems outside the mo
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ArtRx NYC
This week, pay tribute to Saint Death, take in performances considering a queer Black future, put on your walking shoes — for visiting artists' studios in Gowanus or architectural gems all over the city — and, as usual, much more.
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Live Parakeets and Bullfrogs Amid the Wreckage of War
Amid the wreckage of rocks and concrete flit two dozen parakeets, and lurking in the subterranean marsh is a colony of bullfrogs, crouched on lily pads or breaking the surface of the six-inch-deep muddy water with their heads.