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Why Eileen Myles Spent a Week Living on the Streets of New York
"To spend this time was to enter a fear and let it come over me. I liked begging. But of course it wasn’t my life."
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Artists Pick Artists: Kerstin Cmelka
Kerstin Cmelka is a filmmaker, video and performance artist, photographer, and writer in Berlin. Her investment in different mediums — contemporary as this may appear — is rooted in etymological thought, tracing back the literal meanings of "art" and "artists."
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Meet the Artist Running for State Rep in Rural Pennsylvania
I always remember Kate McGraw’s artworks as a colorful sprawl of integrated textures — equal parts playful, abstract, and socially aware.
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Beer with a Painter: Katherine Bradford
“Jen! Welcome to Maine!” Katherine Bradford exclaims brightly as she spots me crossing the street.
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An Artist Takes Up Residence in Second Life
Although artist Julius Redillas is based in Manila, Philippines, both his day job and much of his art practice are located online.
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Sexism and the Canon: Three Female Artists Reflect on 'Women of Abstract Expressionism'
DENVER — The paintings in Women of Abstract Expressionism at the Denver Art Museum are rich with emotion, monumental in scale, and totally original.
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What a Show About Masks Might Really Be Disguising
Masks present a quandary. It's not so much what they're hiding that I wonder about, but what the camouflage or costuming is meant to produce in me.
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Picturing Conflict: An Interview with Michael Christopher Brown
In 2011, photographer Michael Christopher Brown took a “road trip” through the Libyan Revolution. His new book, Libyan Sugar, chronicles that extraordinary journey.
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"You Have to Get Past the Fear”: Joan Semmel on Painting Her Aging, Nude Body
Joan Semmel has created a distinctive body of work largely centered on painted images of her own body.
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In Miami's Little Haiti, a Muralist Fights Gentrification One Wall at a Time
MIAMI — In late May, the City of Miami Commission voted unanimously to designate Little Haiti as “Little Haiti.”
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Artist Anton van Dalen on the East Village, Saul Steinberg, and Pigeon Keeping
Next time you’re walking through the East Village, take a moment to look up at the skies over Tompkins Square Park. You might just spot Anton van Dalen’s flock of snow-white pigeons. The artist, who first learned to rear the birds at the age of twelve, is one of the few remaining pigeon keepers in L
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Grace Jones's Indelible Influence on Contemporary Art
SAN FRANCISCO — The Jamaican-born supermodel, actress, singer, songwriter, and record producer Grace Jones has been a unique force in many worlds, which has led her to be both a subject and inspiration for much contemporary art.