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Explore the Color Code of a 19th-Century Artist Who Painted Nature
Decode the color system of 19th-century nature artist Ferdinand Bauer, who documented the Australian coast, through an online interactive.
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The Enjoyable Conundrum of Color in 20th-Century European Design
Blissfully, there are no overly odious attempts at scientific explanation of color, just a wide gamut of art and craft achievements to experience and appreciate.
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The Women Photographers of World War I
No Man's Land: Women's Photography and the First World War at Impressions Gallery in the UK highlights women's perspectives of World War I.
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Why Are Stephen Shore's Instagrams Better Than Yours?
From postcards to Instagram, Shore's images continually compel us to consider the ways photographs construct meaning.
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The Queer Deep Web of Zach Blas
Artist and writer Zach Blas wants a new internet, now.
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A John Cage Quote Unifies a Sprawling Show of Digital and Analog Art
Everything at Once, a vast group exhibition marking the 50th anniversary of Lisson Gallery, strings together an eclectic array of strong but thematically disparate works.
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Using Abstraction as a Political Tool
On Documentary Abstraction, a show at ArtCenter/South Florida, asserts that abstraction — in painting, sculpture, and film — can document the sociopolitical zeitgeist.
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Aural Art Composed from Random Phone Calls
The artist Phil Collins has created a fraught, evocative listening experience that both isolates and connects.
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Making Out the Black Body in Swirling Images
When looking at the pieces in William Villalongo's Keep On Pushing exhibition, the question I'm faced with is: How do these bodies cohere?
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The 2017 Turner Prize Exhibition Puts Politics Front and Center
Diverse backgrounds are integral to this year's exhibition of the artists shortlisted for the Turner Prize, as, in each of the four micro-exhibitions, they are wielded to address pressing social issues.
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A Gleaming Shrine for Oscar Wilde
David McDermott and Peter McGough have built a shrine to Wilde in the basement of a church in Greenwich Village.
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A Digital Drawing that Morphs with Real-time Meteorological Data
Claire Malrieux's digital artwork "Climat Général" at the Collège des Bernardins features abstract forms that shift in response to weather data, evoking humanity's environmental impact.