In the wake of COVID-19’s house-bound isolation, art materials and motifs derived from the home seem charged with new meaning and a searching sense of reinvention.
Liza Lou
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The Journey Behind Liza Lou’s Behemoth Beaded Kitchen
Today, “Kitchen” and its themes of women’s work and thankless labor are as sharp and fresh as ever.
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Celebrating Outstanding Glass Artists Who Happen to Be Women
Fired Up: Contemporary Glass by Women Artists at the Toledo Museum of Art is an outstanding show, but there is little to convince me that “female glass art” occupies a necessarily separate category than “glass art.”
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Ed Ruscha’s Cactus Omelette and 75 Other Recipes by Artists and Writers
The new Artists’ and Writers’ Cookbook compiles recipes and personal food-related stories from 76 contemporary artists and writers, from Swoon’s Mississippi ratatouille to Ed Ruscha’s cactus omelette and Sanford Biggers’ red drink.
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World’s Largest Space for Contemporary Glass Art Lets in the Light
CORNING, NY — This Friday, a luminous new wing of the Corning Museum of Glass opens for the display of contemporary glass art and its molten creation.