Art
Peter Hujar's Elegy for New York City in the 1980s
Hujar’s photographs document the effervescent creative spirit that pulsed through the East Village as the AIDS crisis unfolded.
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Delicate and Detailed Paper Sculptures by Chinese Migrants Detained in the US
An exhibition at the Museum of Chinese in America chronicles the tragedy of the Golden Venture, a ship carrying 286 undocumented immigrants from China that ran aground in New York City in 1993.
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A Giant Robot Artwork Built to Bend Over Border Walls
Chico MacMurtie’s border-crossing robot serves a poetic and political function.
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Artists Build a Lush Landscape Where Diversity Takes Root
In this lush setting where water lilies grow, multiple races, sexualities, classes, and desires can coexist.
Books
A Collection of 3,000 Pigments Made from Cow Urine, Shells, Insects, and More
The Forbes Pigment Collection contains samples of material that represent all shades of the rainbow — plus brown, white, black, and metallic.
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A Magical 1970s French Comic Book Finally Translated Into English
In Nicole Claveloux’s comic collection, The Green Hand and Other Stories, we move through dream states with highly idiosyncratic characters.
Art
How American West Reenactments Restore and Rewrite History
Photographs of historical reenactments by Edie Winograde suggest there is no single narrative of past trauma: the unfinished fight extends its negotiation to the present.
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Portrayals of Prisoners Complicate Stereotypes and Implicate the US
The images and art works that make up this exhibition — mostly vernacular and documentary photographs — restore dignity to their subjects by restoring nuance to their stories.
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Marina Abramović Says Ugly Things But Draws Cute Ducklings
The Serbian performance artist reimagines The Ugly Duckling, the classic children's book by Hans Christian Andersen.
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The Hollywood Directors Who Filmed the Liberation of Nazi Concentration Camps
George Stevens, John Ford, and Samuel Fuller, best known for their work in Hollywood, all documented the Allied liberation at the end of the war.
Art
A History of Head Wraps and Wrought-Iron Windows in an Artist's Travels
Tyanna Buie weaves together her travels throughout New Orleans, Paris, and Berlin in her gripping new body of work.
Books
Art's Gender Divide in 19th-Century Paris
Does siphoning 19th-century women artists into their own book and exhibition really do them justice?