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Kenyan Wildlife May Have Inspired Dr. Seuss’s The Lorax
A new essay suggests that the patas monkey and its ecological relationship with the whistling thorn acacia tree inspired Dr. Seuss’s famous environmental children’s book.
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A New Online Project Rethinks How We Learn About Artists and Archive Their Life and Work
Now working at New York University, Glenn Wharton is responsible for the comprehensive David Wojnarowicz Knowledge Base. Joan Jonas is next.
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Photographer Susan Meiselas on the Relationships She's Built with Her Subjects
Meiselas, whose documentary photography is wide ranging, says the one thing that ties her work together is her "relationships with subjects over time."
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“Our Main Motivation Has Always Been to Troll Donald Trump,” Says Trump Baby Balloon Designer
We spoke with designer Matt Bonner who "birthed" Trump Baby about his grand political aspirations for his newborn, gassy blimp.
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Reanimating Women from Found Photographs
From images of funerals to portraits of women who underwent forced sterilization, Daisy Patton's works allow "the person to come back from death for a moment."
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The Notorious Stefan Simchowitz on Art Dealing, Social Media, and Faith in Art
I caught up with Simchowitz while he rode around in his gray Porsche S.U.V., crossing errands off his list in Miracle Mile.
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Beer with a Painter: Alfredo Gisholt
“I look at where things accumulate, where people leave things. Every house has a corner like that.”
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The Woman Who Dedicated Her Life to Uncovering the Female Artists of the Italian Renaissance
Jane Fortune once fell in love with the Renaissance artist Plautilla Nelli at a Florence book fair. She's since devoted her life to uncovering and restoring the great works of hitherto unknown women painters of the last six centuries.
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Curator of Israeli Exhibit Stolen Arab Art Explains It Is a “Hostage-Taking Situation”
An exhibition in Tel Aviv is reputedly using works by leading Arab artists without their permission, and the curators say they're doing so deliberately to provoke a conversation around the topic of boycott.
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Composer Ryuichi Sakamoto Reflects on His Life, Work, and Battle with Cancer
In light of a new documentary on the composer, Sakamoto shares what compels him to write music and the influence of film on his work.
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On the Origins of “They Tried to Bury Us, They Didn’t Know We Were Seeds”
After the Families Belong Together protests this past weekend, we talk to Greek media scholar Alexandra Boutopoulou on the widely used phrase, "They tried to bury us, they didn't know we were seeds," and its poetic origins.
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An Artist Captures the Comedy and Discomfort of Puberty
For her latest project, Sidney Millis collaborated with the 14-year-old YouTube star and aspiring makeup artist Caden Levene.