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Artists Reclaim the Streets of One of the World’s Deadliest Cities
SAN PEDRO SULA, Honduras — The sidewalks are often deserted. Except for the busy central park it can feel like a ghost town.
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The Elements of Artmaking, at Bushwick Open Studios
In his studio, an artist stenciled unicorns to disco music, while upstairs a poetry reading was taking place in the same room as a makeshift tattoo parlor.
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The Uses of Enchantment: Filling an Empty Altarpiece
RAVELLO — There's a deconsecrated chapel perched high on a cliff in Ravello, Italy, overlooking the Amalfi Coast.
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Another Look at Robert Motherwell
Robert Motherwell didn’t believe that Pablo Picasso or Henri Matisse were figures to be overthrown.
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Taking a Break for Performance at Bushwick Open Studios, by Way of Detroit
I was happy to make my way to 16 Harrison Place, where Detroit's Spread Art has turned an empty lot filled with gravel into a makeshift community space and stage.
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At Bushwick Open Studios, Sculptors Make a Stand
Wandering the halls of two buildings on Troutman Street on Saturday during Bushwick Open Studios, I was struck by the large number of artists making outstanding sculptures in a broad range of styles and media.
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A Silver Room at Bushwick Open Studios
Inside Jihyun Hong's compact studio, the artist has sheathed a whole room in metallic silver.
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Sexy, Satin Surfaces: Paintings from the Dawn of the Dutch Golden Age
On its own, a painting by Joachim Wtewael can seem like a two-dimensional manifestation of an absurdly complex gâteau – gorgeous, delicious, but perhaps best taken in in small servings.
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It's Not New, but It's Still NEWD: Bushwick's Very Own Art Fair
For the second year, an art fair is joining the Bushwick Open Studios happenings. The NEWD Art Show returns with 11 exhibitors to the warehouse space of The 1896.
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Lighter than Air: Desire Across Millennia
NAPLES — In the Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Napoli, there's a tiny Roman fresco, about a foot square, of a semi-nude woman and man floating against an azure sky, one of many such fragments you'll find there.
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Revisiting Postwar American Art in Paris
PARIS — During springtime in Paris, one frequently meets beaming American newlyweds on their honeymoon.
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In a Bushwick Park, the Artworks Are Growing on Trees
On Saturday evening about 300 people descended on the tiny People's Garden under the elevated J and Z tracks in Bushwick for the opening of Paintings in Trees, a group show of paintings, drawings, and sculptures installed in every available space in the park, including the trees.