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Jean Shin Gifts At-Risk Birds a Safe Perch
At Appleton Farms, a new installation provides endangered bobolinks a secure place to nest, affirming a sense of human agency in the face of ecological loss.
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Mourning a Tree That Has Lain Down
Jean Shin's "Fallen" bids goodbye to the longevity we thought we had and mourns it, so that we might let it go.
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In the Hudson River Valley, Artists Navigate Ecology
The exhibition includes paintings by Thomas Cole and Frederic Church, along with contemporary works focusing on habitat protection and environmental sustainability.
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Public Art Projects That Bring Poetry and Participatory Installations to Lower Manhattan
Founded as a way of highlighting the resiliency of local artists, LMCC’s annual River to River Festival returns with new and recent works by Asiya Wadud, Mona Chalabi, Jean Shin, and Muna Malik.
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A Sculpture Conjures the Secret Life of Trees
Jean Shin's "Allée Gathering" at Storm King shows how little many of us know about trees and nature.
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When It Comes to Female Artists, the MTA Has a Better Track Record than NY’s Top Museums
Curatorial leadership with a focus on site and audience develops an inclusive art program without using quotas.
Announcement
Arttable’s Annual Benefit Honors Estrellita B. Brodsky and Alexandra Chang
ArtTable’s annual gala gives attendees a chance to raise their glasses to celebrate the accomplishments of two industry leaders while hearing inspiring words from art market expert Amy Cappellazzo.
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Refuse Transformed: Reuse as Social Repair
These assemblages showcase art’s power and, poignantly its limitations, to effect material transformations.
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Urban Ecological Consciousness at Wave Hill
By providing more information than viewers might process, the show's dense, small-font text highlights an aesthetic challenge that confronts social practice art.
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The Secret Lives of Discarded Things
Jean Shin: Collections is a great introduction to the artist for those who do not know her work, but encounters the pitfalls of recontextualizing public art within museum settings.
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Artists Tinker with Tech at an E-Waste Warehouse
For a one-night exhibition at the Lower East Side Ecology Center's e-waste warehouse in Gowanus, artists transformed outdated and damaged devices into interactive installations and sculptures.
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Archival Slides from the Metropolitan Museum Find New Life as Artworks
After sitting in storage space, the Metropolitan Museum of Art's thousands of 35-millimeter slides found a new home at the Department of Cultural Affairs's reuse center, Material for the Arts.