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How African-American Museums Are Navigating Book Bans
Black history and culture institutions are stepping in to fill the gaps with uncensored and community-oriented programming.
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The Temptations of Pieter Bruegel the Elder
His 1559 masterpiece “The Fight Between Carnival and Lent” is an argument in paint for moral and spiritual ambivalence.
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A Photographer’s Ode to Suburbia’s Teens
Subdivision depicts a uniquely Angeleno experience of adolescence, while also conjuring a shared memory of American suburban childhood.
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Artists Protest Museum's Cancellation of Michael Fried-Inspired Show
In a letter to the Santa Barbara Museum of Art's board, a group of artists included in the nixed exhibition denounce the “outrageous” termination of the show’s curator, Eik Kahng.
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Caroline Monnet’s Indigenous Worldbuilding
From feature films to installations, the multidisciplinary artist explores the hybridity of identity and the unremitting impacts of colonization in North America.
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These Are the Artists in the 2024 Whitney Biennial
The 81st edition of the historically controversial show will open on March 20.
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Suzanne Valadon Was Her Own Muse
Sought out by artists such as Renoir and Toulouse-Lautrec for her beauty, her true character was unleashed by her own frank brush.
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Artists Drop Out of CalArts MFA Show After Venue Bans Pro-Palestine Language
The UTA Artist Space in Beverly Hills allegedly told participants that they could not address Palestine or Gaza in their artist statements.
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How Rubens Brought Antiquity to Life
Instead of making copies of statues, Rubens made works that imagined the statues as living models, creating works that seem to have been done from life.
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Jack Shainman Gallery Takes Over Manhattan’s Historic Clock Tower
After a years-long search for a new space, the unusual Italian Renaissance Revival building in Civic Center, a few blocks south of Tribeca, was kismet.
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Required Reading
This week, Rothko and Mozart, Black history archives, the evolution of Monopoly, the world’s greatest stereo, and why are so many NYC restaurants closing?
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Marina Abramović’s Latest Performance Is Skincare
The artist is present, and standing by to take your credit card information.