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A Veteran of the New York School on Mixing Abstract Art and Antiques in Her Gallery
Iconic gallerist Anita Shapolsky talks with contemporary painter, Denise Carvalho, about what makes a good exhibition.
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"I Made a Habit of Doing What You Were Not Supposed to Do": Roland Reiss on His Shape-Shifting Career
Reiss, now 89, says he has "a confidence and sense of depth" that he had "not yet attained as a young artist."
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Amy Sherald on Her "Gentle Presentation of Black Identity" and More
Sherald, who has a solo show at the Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis, shares her reasons for painting and what's next for her career.
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Joanne Greenbaum on Translating Painting Into Sculpture
Observe how an artist moves between materials, from sculpey to ceramic and paint, to playfully touch on the ways color can test the limits of beauty and ugliness.
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An Artist Considers the Absurdity of Ending the Iran Nuclear Deal
Nothing surprises the Iranian-American artist Sheida Soleimani anymore, whose latest body of work lampoons the leaders of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries.
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“Music Has Always Been with Me”: Wolfgang Tillmans on His Latest Single and Musical Career
In 1985, two years before he bought his first camera, Tillmans started experimenting with music, which he probably would’ve pursued if it weren’t for fate.
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Judy Ledgerwood on Finding Pattern and Decoration in Everyday Life
Judy Ledgerwood discusses her exhibition Far From the Tree in the context of the 40th anniversary of the Pattern and Decoration movement.
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The Aesthetics of Gentrification, and New York’s Top-Down Approach to Change
Mapping New York today, Jeremiah Moss hits the high notes of the city’s dance with neoliberalism.
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Danh Vo's "Tiny Diasporas" at the Guggenheim
Seph Rodney and Nile Davies discuss the retrospective of Danh Vo in a global context, scrutinizing the politics of belonging, objects, and history.
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The Bookshop in Miami that Has Preserved Haitian Culture for Decades
The Haitian playwright and activist Jan Mapou founded Libreri Mapou in 1990, and it has since become a neighborhood staple.
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Artist's Phallus Murals Challenge Viewers "to Think Deeper, Longer, Wider, Harder"
Two of Carolina Falkholt's murals of giant phalluses have been painted over recently, but she sees them as catalysts for important and difficult conversations.
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A Photographer's Visual Record of Her Gentrifying Los Angeles Neighborhood
In 2017 Samanta Helou-Hernandez created an Instagram account paying tribute to Virgil Village, a vibrant, predominantly Latino community currently experiencing rapid gentrification.