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The Whimsical Forms of Soviet Bus Stops
For over a decade, photographer Christopher Herwig travelled through 15 former Soviet countries on a scavenger hunt for one specific form of architecture: the common bus stop.
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A French History of Gold, Gilded, and Fancy Frames
Walk into a gallery of 17th- or 18th-century French paintings and prepare to be blinded by the gilding that encircles each work like an overwrought halo.
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A Spoken-Word Artist Goes Behind the Scenes of Detroit’s Redevelopment
DETROIT — Detroit exists these days amidst a flurry of newcomer enthusiasm, rapid development, and media characterization that sometimes leaves longtime residents struggling to identify with the way “new Detroit” is being presented — and more importantly, packaged — for outside consumption.
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Artist Threads Angry Internet Comments into New Vaginal Knitting Project
An Australian artist who previously drew a torrent angry comments for knitting with wool inserted into her vagina will soon weave that negative feedback into a new work of art.
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Photos of Brooklyn's Waterfront Show a Century of Change
The Brooklyn waterfront is radically changing.
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The Magna Carta Makes a Rare and Brief Appearance in NYC
For one week only, a 1217 version of the Magna Carta is visiting New York City on a rare tour from England.
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An Art Festival on Norway’s Arctic Islands Considers How Humans Are Changing Them
SVOLVÆR, Norway — “Lofoten is at a tipping point,” a local artist told me the night I arrived on the Norwegian archipelago for the opening weekend of the 2015 Lofoten International Art Festival.
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In Budapest’s Galleries, Female Artists Make Their Mark
BUDAPEST — On September 13, I lightly followed the Sunday flow of the Gallery Weekend Budapest festival of Hungarian contemporary art.
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Opera in Yellowface Hastily Canceled After Public Outrage
“White people have always slipped in and out of the experiences of people of color and been praised extravagantly for it,” Jenny Zhang, the poet and Rookie magazine contributor, wrote in an article for BuzzFeed about the erasure of Asian American narratives in Western culture.
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Remembering Brian Sewell: The Master of the Operatic Put-Down Who Masturbated for Dalí
There's little doubt that Brian Sewell (1931–2015) — who passed away on Saturday — was Britain's best-known art critic.
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ArtRx LA
LOS ANGELES — This week, the Hammer Museum hosts a two-day music and performance festival, Marcia Hafif's long overdue exhibition at the Laguna Art Museum closes, the Women's Center for Creative Work begins its residency at the Armory Center for the Arts, and more.
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Artists and Activists Trace Boston's Historic Red Line on the Streets
BOSTON — There is brick dust everywhere: on shoes, on clothes, on the street. Most of it makes it into the field chalker, which has already marked three miles of sidewalk.