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Hank Willis Thomas on Black Survival Guide and Creative Civic Action
Thomas and fellow artist Ebony Brown talk about interdependence and How to Live Through a Police Riot, an archival handbook that inspired his 2018 series.
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Classic Paintings Provide the Perfect Backdrop for Feminist Memes About Mansplaining
A conversation with Nicole Tersigni, the comedy writer behind Men to Avoid in Art and Life, which compiles feminist memes that poke fun at the exhausting tradition of mansplaining.
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Meet LA’s Art Community: Cauleen Smith Is “Thinking About Black Women Who Reject Patriarchal Orders”
An interview series spotlighting some of the great work coming out of Los Angeles. Hear directly from artists, curators, and art workers about their current projects and personal quirks.
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Artists Quarantine With Their Art Collections
"I used to think art was an escape from the grind of daily life, but this work tells me it might be more of an inoculation — pieces of the world absorbed in small amounts so we can go out and live in it."
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Painter Angel Otero on Solitude and What It Means When You Can’t Go Home
Amid the pandemic, Otero has been looking inward, pursuing a series of highly personal works about Puerto Rico. Hyperallergic sat down with him to discuss this new body of work, now on view in Life During Wartime.
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Meet the NYC Art Community: Amid Crisis, Ruba Katrib is Looking to Artists for Guidance
An interview series spotlighting New York’s creative community. Hear directly from artists, curators, and art workers about their current projects and personal quirks.
Interview
Wendy Red Star Is Teaching Children About the Crow Nation With Her Art
“You don’t have to make things easy for them,” says Red Star about her new exhibition for children at MASS MoCA.
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Meet LA’s Art Community: Chon Noriega Is Working on a Social Justice Sci-Fi Film Series and So Much More
An interview series spotlighting some of the great work coming out of Los Angeles. Hear directly from artists, curators, and art workers about their current projects and personal quirks.
Interview
Artists Quarantine With Their Art Collections
“Sometimes we’re so overwhelmed in the present that it seems impossible to think a future beyond it – but the work of imagination must always continue.”
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"The Maladjusted RULE!": A Conversation With Vaginal Davis
The intersectional nature of Davis’s commentary on Black feminism, sexuality, and the distinction between sex and gender has aged incredibly well — much like the artist herself.
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Meet the NYC Art Community: Boon Hui Tan’s “Main Obsession” Is Co-curating Asia Society’s First Triennial
An interview series spotlighting New York’s creative community. Hear directly from artists, curators, and art workers about their current projects and personal quirks.
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Beer With a Painter: Roger Herman
“Struggle is okay, but how much struggle does one want?”