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The Original Rhinestone Cowboy's Glittery Home Will Be Reconstructed
In the late 1970s, Loy Bowlin in McComb, Mississippi, styled himself as the "Original Rhinestone Cowboy."
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How Artists Can Help Us Conceive of New Flags and Monuments for the US
All flags bear the stain of conquest.
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“The Curator,” an Art World Fantasy: Excerpts
The Curator woke up one morning to the alarming realization that she understood nothing about art and that it was possible that she would never understand anything about art.
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Dirty Hands and Dirty Minds Can Make for Good Art
I do know that I had no intention of writing about the two exhibitions currently at Tibor de Nagy, John Ashbery & Guy Maddin: Collages and Richard Baker: The Doctor is Out, when I went to the gallery.
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Earned Magic: Alison Hall's Deceptive Monochromes
Alison Hall’s small, smart, monochromatic panels are clear, compact and not at all what they seem.
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Marriage Equality for All! #LoveWins
Today is a wonderful day for equality, as LGBTQ couples are now able to marry anywhere in the United States just like their heterosexual peers.
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The Calm and Controversy of 12 Horses in an Art Gallery
For a gallery with 12 horses and a line of visitors stretching out the door, Gavin Brown's enterprise is exceptionally hushed.
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A Guide to the 20th-Century Artists' Graves of New York City
Following our exploration of the artist graves in New York City from the 19th and early 20th centuries, we continue into the 20th and 21st centuries.
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Seeing Mexico Through the Lens of One of Its Great Cinematographers
When it comes to the celebrity of film crews, fame is not fickle; it dotes lovingly on the director.
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A Textile Artist's Long Overdue US Survey Ropes You In
Human figures seem to lurk in almost all of Françoise Grossen's folded, knotted, and coiled rope sculptures.
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In Mainstream Museums, Confronting Colonialism While Curating Native American Art
Recent criticism of The Plains Indians: Artists of Earth and Sky, which closed recently at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, sheds light on the many issues that arise when mainstream art museums present Native American art.
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Sum of the Arts
Percentage of 40,000 museum visitors surveyed in 2010 who enjoyed guided tours = 31