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Meet the Tattoo Artists Who Champion Body Positivity
Young, queer, and non-White tattoo artists are exploring how the artform can complement the body’s natural curves and colors.
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Paintings Born of LA’s Grit and Grime
Collaging debris culled during urban excursions, Michael Alvarez portrays the liminal spaces of his city, from freeway underpasses to public parks.
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Discovering How Black Women Might Forge a Path to Freedom
The "Loophole of Retreat" symposium at the Venice Biennale demonstrated that the personal is not only political; it’s also where most of humanity lives.
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Harvard Admits Owning Hair Samples of 700 Native American Students
The university said it will return the samples, some of which were used in research that directly or indirectly supported scientific racism.
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Madrid Museum Responds to Climate Protests With Undercover Cops
Several other institutions are tightening security measures even though damage to artworks remains rare.
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NYC Salary Transparency Law Exposes Art World's Lowest Wages
Museums, galleries, and other employers are now obliged to disclose salaries — but that doesn’t mean they’re high.
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Lee Bontecou, Artist of Delightfully Uncategorizable Sculptures, Dies at 91
“I just got tired of sculpture as a big thing in the middle of a room,” the artist once said, adding that she “wanted it to go into space.”
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Mysterious Oil Sketch Turns Out to Be a Real Rembrandt
The sketch was thought to be a copy, but historians still don't know its function.
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Some People Still Want an Arts Degree, Apparently
University of California's Berkeley Campus has reported a sharp increase in students enrolling in arts and humanities majors in the last decade.
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A Brief History of the "I Voted" Sticker
Who designed the first sticker? And does anyone care about it anymore?
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Istanbul Biennial Asks, Can We Talk?
Spread across a dozen venues, with 500 contributors from almost 30 nations, the Biennial aims to draw in a public estranged by politics and two years of pandemic lockdowns.
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Museum Org Demanded Loyalty; Scholars Resigned
Scholars stepped down collectively from the American Alliance of Museums's Museum Studies Professional Network, citing infringement of their academic freedom.