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A Cozy Night in London's New Hotel for Artists
Designed to attract artists, actors, and musicians, Green Rooms offers affordable accommodations at a discounted rate to any creative.
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David Antin: Cultural Icon
I had long been involved with David Antin through my close relationship with Marjorie Perloff, who was one of the first major US critics to engage in a critical dialogue with him and his writing.
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How the Art World Can Change for the Better During the Trump Years
In the next four years, artists and art organizations have the power to work for economic justice while dismantling white supremacy in the arts.
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Why the Art World Must Not Normalize Donald Trump’s Presidency
Since the election, many people have called for a return to business as usual and pledged their support for the president-elect, but these attitudes are dangerous for artists, arts workers, and many, many others.
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Seeking Community: Memories of 'The Poetry Project'
I think a conversation about community is important for many reasons, not the least being the rather utopian idea that there is someplace you can go where you feel safe.
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Searching for Oscar Murillo in a Small Town in Colombia
Even if Murillo poked fun at the art world’s oblivion and privilege, what a fool I was to think that my stint in Palenque would instantly morph into a sequel to his work.
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A Pioneer and Champion of Mid-20th-Century Cuban Modernism
Loló Soldevilla, an artist and catalyzing presence in Havana during the 1950s, presents a fascinating figure through whom to revisit this decade and the phenomenon of Concrete Cuban art.
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A Radical Artist’s Journey from Fluxus to Full-On Commercialism
A retrospective devoted to pioneering Fluxus artist Ben Vautier tracks his evolution from a radical thinker and early conceptual artist to salable brand name.
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A Pilgrimage to Beast Jesus
Cecilia Giménez Zueco's botched restoration of a small fresco in Spain looks as entrancingly bad in person as it does in pictures.
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The Early Life of Bruce Conner and His Rat Bastard Bohemia
To say that Conner was an outsider who also wanted to belong is to barely scratch the surface of his paradoxical persona.
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Florine Stettheimer: Feminist Provocateur
A feminist, Florine Stettheimer understood the provocative nature of basing her compositions on the rarely seen female point of view as well as the significance of her choice to create an overtly feminine style.
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A Call for a Collective Reexamination of Our Art Institutions
ST. LOUIS — Watching the Kelley Walker exhibition at the Contemporary Art Museum in St. Louis unravel in the span of a few weeks, from what the museum promoted as its most ambitious installation to date — taking over the entire museum for the fall season — to becoming a disgraced footnote in contemp