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Taylor Swift "Pop-Up Library" Has Fans Divided Online
An LA installation ahead of Swift's new album release features academia props including manuscripts, typewriters, and shelves lined with books.
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Columbia Students Take Over Campus in “Gaza Solidarity Encampment”
Dozens of students were arrested after NYPD was called in to clear the tents in a highly criticized move by the school's president.
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Activists Say “No to the Genocide Pavilion" in Biennale Protest Against Israel
Over 100 artists and art workers called attention to participating nations' complicity in the attacks on Gaza.
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A Father-Son Exhibition Bridges Two Generations of Graphic Art
More than 120 of Tom Darcy’s political cartoons will go on display at Nunu Fine Art this summer, paired with over 50 contemporary works by his son Brad Darcy.
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Israeli Artist Pausing Venice Biennale Show Doesn’t Go Far Enough, Critics Say
The partial closure of the pavilion until a ceasefire is reached is an “empty and opportunistic” gesture, said a group who called for Israel to be excluded from the event.
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Contested Native Artworks Resurface at Art Fair, Drawing Scrutiny
The drawings, taken from ledger books made by Native people imprisoned in the 19th century, were sold at auction in 2022 against tribal members' wishes.
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Lebanese-American Artist Etel Adnan Honored With Google Doodle
The poet, writer, and abstract painter who inspired a generation died in 2021 at the age of 96.
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Oh No, the Hudson Yards “Vessel” Is Reopening
Thomas Heatherwick’s highly criticized honeycomb-shaped structure will debut new safety measures following a series of deaths by suicide.
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Faith Ringgold, Larger-Than-Life Artist and Storyteller, Dies at 93
She leaves behind a massive corpus of visually stunning works tackling race, gender, and social justice in the United States.
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Portraits of Love and Loss From Around the World
Queer love, single motherhood, and the devastation of the Russia-Ukraine War are just a few of the subjects explored by this year’s LensCulture Portrait Award winners.
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Late British Artist’s Whimsical Home Granted Protective Status
Discovered after his passing in 2019, Ron Gittins’s apartment is chock-full of inventive murals and artworks inspired by Ancient Rome and Egypt.
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Incredibly Preserved Frescoes of Trojan War Figures Unearthed in Pompeii
Rendered in the Roman Third Style, the murals feature visual illusions mimicking altars painted on dark, monochromatic fields of color.