Art
Unearthing a Treasure Trove of Bay Area Women Abstract Painters
The Long View amply demonstrates that Jay DeFeo and Joan Brown may be the best known Bay Area women artists who worked in abstraction, but they were far from alone.
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An Artist’s Quasi-Exploration of Celebrity Culture
The Manchester-based artist uses techniques from the Northern Renaissance in an attempt to investigate our present-day celebrity worship.
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Building an Art Community From the Ashes of Destructivism
Ortiz's radical approach to art led from unleashing of aggression through ritualistic performances to political engagement and the founding of El Museo del Barrio.
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How Japan’s Best Ceramists "Listen" to Clay
Listening to Clay sheds light on how Japanese clay workers went from skilled production craftspeople to fine artists, transforming the country’s culture in the process.
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Peeling Back the Psychological Layers of 1980s Sticker Books
In her solo exhibition Sticker Book, Julie Alpert remains loyal to the elements of craft while reaching for intergenerational connections.
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The British Museum Takes the Feminism Out of Feminine Power
The realities of women’s lives are conspicuously absent from the British Museum's Feminine Power, a show about the feminine.
Art
Home Is a Mindset for a Nomadic Artist
Carlos Bunga's architectural installation in the Reina Sofía's Crystal Palace creates the facade of stability and strength yet is actually ephemeral and even fragile.
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Plein Air Is a Sobering Reminder of Human Impact on the Environment
From borderlands and elevations to ecology and isolation, curator Aurora Tang brings together artists who work deeply in their regional geographies.
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An Important Interactive Exhibition That Doesn't Work
The exhibition Shall Make, Shall Be at Manhattan’s Federal Hall wants to educate us critically about the Bill of Rights amendments, but nearly half of the displays are dysfunctional.
Books
London's History, Washed Up on the Shores of the Thames
Author Malcolm Russell's novel approach to history — finding it as it washes up on the riverbanks — makes the past seem very much alive.
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The German Modernist Who Painted a Multicultural United States
From the Blackfeet reservation to Harlem, Winold Reiss immersed himself in the world of the people he represented, forming close ties with many individuals.
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Lynne Tillman Explores How Her Mother Was Transformed by Aging and Illness
Doubt and uncertainty mark her account of family inheritance, photographic portraiture, and eldercare.