If it seeks to help us “avoid the errors of the past,” more will be needed from Milan’s House of Memory museum.
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Are We Prepared to Look Seriously at de Chirico?
I want to resist any temptation to interpret these pictures, to reveal ‘meanings,’ instead of acknowledging the ways they underscore the strangeness of the workaday world.
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600,000 Images Removed from AI Database After Art Project Exposes Racist Bias
The image tagging system that went viral on social media was part of artist Trevor Paglen and AI researcher Kate Crawford’s attempts to publicize how prejudiced technology can be.
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In Milan, Feminists Protest a Public Sculpture that Supposedly Stands for Women’s Empowerment
A giant outdoor sculpture created by Gaetano Pesce as a critique of violence against women has angered Italian demonstrators in Milan, who say it actually perpetuates violence against women.
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Banksy Sues Italian Exhibition for Trademark Infringement
Ironically, the secretive street artist once wrote: “Copyright is for losers.”
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Syrian Collective’s Videos Turn Up in Triennial After They Refused to Participate [UPDATED]
Curator Massimiliano Gioni approached the collective Abounaddara to be included in his exhibition The Restless Earth last year, but the group refused.
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In a Fight for the Soul of Milan, Artist-Occupiers Face Off Against Developers and City Council
For the past five years, the group Macao has run a thriving, radical arts center out of a former slaughterhouse in Milan. Now the city council wants to evict them.
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Decoding Betye Saar’s Uneasy Symbolism
A survey of the American artist’s work at Milan’s Fondazione Prada showcases her ability to manipulate not only racist iconography, but also personal symbols and autobiographic narratives.
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A Collection of Magical Realist Games for Your Smartphone
Returning after a 20 year break, the Triennale International Exhibition, which is centered at the Triennale Museum in Milan, has a new media update.
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A Digital Story Leads You Through Italy’s WWII Resistance
To mark the 70th anniversary of Italy’s 1945 liberation from fascism, the Milan-based duo We Are Müesli developed an interactive story based on the country’s 20 months of partisan resistance.
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A Mother Lode of a Show About Motherhood
MILAN — The most startling pairing in The Great Mother, an exhibition that tracks the iconography of motherhood in art and popular culture from 1900 to 2015, is a sculptural stand-off between Sarah Lucas and Thomas Schütte.
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The Nine Circles of Hell at Expo Milano, the 2015 World’s Fair
MILAN — Why, in the age of the internet, should we convene by the millions in a giant fairground to learn how people in every other part of the world live?