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Announcement

Stanford Arts Hosts a Conversation With Njideka Akunyili Crosby and Thelma Golden

Part of the university’s Artists on the Future series pairing famous artists with cultural thought leaders, this virtual event is free and open to the public.

Art

Hear Njideka Akunyili Crosby's Thoughts on Making Art

Akunyili Crosby will be giving a lecture at the USC Roski School of Fine Arts, free and open to the public.

In Brief

Njideka Akunyili Crosby, Dawoud Bey, and Trevor Paglen Among This Year’s MacArthur ‘Genius’ Grantees

The annual award to given to individuals who have "shown extraordinary originality and dedication in their creative pursuits and a marked capacity for self-direction."

Art

Paintings That Manage to Focus Our Divided Attentions

How can one static image begin to capture lived experience? Njideka Akunyili Crosby answers this question with astonishing polish and grace.

Art

At the Montreal Biennial, Lessons in How to Look

Across the city, many works by the 55 artists participating in the 2016 Biennale de Montréal deal with the possibilities, limitations, and consequences of spectacle and spectatorship.

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Finding Jesus, "YOUR MOM," and Other Surprises at the 2016 Armory Show

The 2016 edition of the Armory Show art fair opens to the public tomorrow, but already during today's preview piers 92 and 94 were crawling with collectors, curators, and critics.

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The New Museum's Triennial Surrounds the Audience with Too Much Art

The New Museum's third triennial, Surround Audience, is not nearly as immersive as its title suggests, and it sabotages many of the most conventional two-dimensional and sculptural works on view.