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Queering the Body Using Encasements of Color and Light
Photographer Matthew Morrocco dons a morphsuit, and pays homage to Ellsworth Kelly, in one segment of an ongoing series about the body.
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An Experimental Music Collective with Fluxus Undertones Comes to Brooklyn
Since it was formed in 1996 by former students of composer and Fluxus member Takehisa Kosugi, Marginal Consort has gathered once every year to perform without any planning or rehearsal.
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An Artist Borrows from Obscure Books for a Pop-Up Tattoo Shop
For her tattoo designs, Doreen Garner mined the Reanimation Library, a collection of obscure books, finding hand signals and "the occasional escalator going up into a vagina."
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The Life of Kathleen White as Told Through Her Art and Nan Goldin’s Photographs
A pair of exhibitions at Pioneer Works showcases Kathleen White's commemorative artworks incorporating the hair of deceased friends and Nan Goldin's photographs of White, who died in 2014.
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Making Music Amid Anthony McCall's Light Projections
A series of performances accompanying Pioneer Works's Anthony McCall exhibition will find musicians soloing alongside his dramatic, dancing light art.
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Toppling the White Man on the Pedestal
Doreen Garner and Kenya (Robinson)'s two-person exhibition examines the bloody history of white male supremacy and evokes the notion of karmic retribution.
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Best of 2017: Our Top 15 Brooklyn Art Shows
From project spaces off the beaten track to nonprofits in Dumbo, galleries in Bushwick, and the Brooklyn Museum, there was so much strong work in the borough this year.
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An Unsensational, Deeply Intimate Look at Human Sexuality
Sarah Sudhoff’s and Jo Broughton’s photographs of sex toys and porn sets do not shock or sensationalize. Instead, they provoke curiosity about a topic likely to engender disgust or nonchalance in another’s hands.
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Using AI to Pull Memories from Red Hook’s Waters
Traveling between Red Hook and Manhattan by ferry, an AI app talks to the water — and gets the water to talk back.
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A Cinematic Installation Lets Visitors Choose Their Own Nightmare
In their vast installation at Pioneer Works, artists Brent Stewart and Willie Stewart provide visitors with many ominous clues and leave them to figure out the connections.
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Class Is in Session at New York's First Alternative Art School Fair
Organizers behind five alternative pedagogical projects participating in the inaugural Alternative Art School Fair discuss the problems with conventional art education and their unique approaches to fixing them.
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Start to Process the Election at These NYC Cultural Spaces and Events
A number of arts organizations and groups are creating spaces for people to gather, think, talk, and listen.