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Art
The Transcendent Power of Black in Norman Lewis's Abstractions
For Lewis, a first-generation Abstract Expressionist, working with black seemed to open up his art.
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New York City's Treatment of the "Fearless Girl" Harms Artist Rights
By failing to consider the artist’s interests or opinions, the city is setting extraordinary precedents with “Fearless Girl” that blow up custom and fair practice.
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Call for Applications: SVA MA Curatorial Practice
The New York-based, globally-linked program for professional curatorial training at the School of Visual Arts offers students opportunities both local and global.
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Faith Ringgold Mural in Rikers Island Women's Jail May Head to Brooklyn Museum
The mural was on display until 1988, when the Correctional Institution for Women became a male detention center and the painting was whitewashed.
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Your Concise New York Art Guide for January 2022
Your list of must-see, fun, insightful, and very New York art events this month, including Robert Gober, Shannon Ebner, Sherrill Roland, Suné Woods, and more.
Art
A Philosopher-Painter for Troubled Times
Judith Bernstein is a great artist whose boldly original paintings forcefully respond to the troubled life of our present culture.
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MoMA to Mandate COVID-19 Boosters For All Staff, Leaked Email Reveals
An anonymous worker told Hyperallergic that MoMA should follow the Met's example and cut down attendance to “allow for more social distancing.”
Art
Jennifer Coates Communes with the Gods of Nighttime Revelry
A thought experiment I sometimes engage in is to ask myself what kind of god would make the world that is being represented in the work I’m seeing.
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E. Jane Explores the Diva in Us All
With the altar and the flesh the artist and performer provides the space for viewers to revere our shared icons while making space for the superstars of the future.
Art
Lifelike Painted Statues Reanimate Museum Many Left for Dead
The objects and artists in Gilded Figures are so well chosen and so carefully interpreted that each section challenges divisions and rejects easy tropes.