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Tantalizing Quilts Woven with Poetic, Political Messages
The artists in Piecework embed intriguing, coded messages into their quilts.
Pavel Zoubok Gallery
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The Quietly Radical Paintings of George Schneeman
In a real and deep sense, Schneeman was an integral part of a historical moment taking place on the Lower East Side before gentrification.
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An Army of Female Power Figures Stands Against Injustice
Vanessa German’s show packs a punch, and is especially powerful in the context of the national politics of the past year.
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Personal Data Surveillance as Modern Portraiture
The constant data collection on our lives, from iPhone usage to subway card swipes, transforms through Laurie Frick's art into portraiture.
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Donna Sharrett’s Art of History, Remembrance and Time
Donna Sharrett’s work is both emblematic of its time and difficult to classify.
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“From the Light to the Dark, and from the Dark to the Light”: Akira Shimizu Turns Memory Into Art
Sometimes an artist may find inspiration in that ineffable zone where, as the French existentialist writer Simone de Beauvoir once observed, “things of the spirit come first.” Sometimes, too, the most evocative art can emerge from the depths of another endlessly abundant, more fugitive source.
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Holly Solomon: For a Pop-Era Icon, an Extended 15 Minutes of Fame
Starting in the late 1960s, in the New York art world and internationally, Holly Solomon was for many a genuine star and maybe even, in Andy Warhol’s lexicon, a “superstar.”
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Miami Project 2013: Systems at Work
MIAMI — Perhaps the most defining feature of art fairs is their organizational structure: floors divided into white-walled, cubicle-type booths; important galleries selling expensive work situated near the front or center; strategically placed VIP lounges and bars. So perhaps it's no surprise that,
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Glitter, Not Gold: The Art of Thomas Lanigan-Schmidt
I first saw the work of artist Thomas Lanigan-Schmidt earlier this year at MoMA PS1. The exhibition, appropriately titled Tender Love Among the Junk, nearly left me breathless: not only was it comprised of several rooms of quirky, colorful, astounding works, but the richness of the art — its layers