Art
The Subtle Madness of Larry Poons and Jean Dubuffet
Who would have thought that Dubuffet's “art brut” style would eventually find an affinity with the gritty, unconventional large-scale paintings Poons made three decades later?
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Art
A Nomadic Artist's Journey Through the Ancient History of a French City
Anna Boghiguian's exhibition in Nîmes draws inspiration from the city's history, from its days as a Roman outpost to its important role in the global textile industry.
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How Mierle Laderman Ukeles Turned Maintenance Work into Art
Best known as the artist in residence at New York City’s Department of Sanitation, the septuagenarian Ukeles is having her first full retrospective, at the Queens Museum.
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Conjuring Paintings' Innermost Thoughts at the Barnes Foundation
In Andrea Hornick's audio tour, the figures of paintings converse and come to life.
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Ann Hamilton's Portraits that Blur and Isolate
For a commission at the University of Texas at Austin, Hamilton photographed over 500 people at locations around the city through sheets of milky, semi-opaque Duraflex.
Books
Build a Miniature Brutalist London Out of Paper
By crafting tiny paper replicas of brutalist London buildings, the design studio Zupagrafika encourages a better appreciation for concrete architecture.
Books
The Artist as Acerbic Critic: Donald Judd's Writings
A new volume of Donald Judd's art criticism contains previously published essays, rejected ones, and choice passages from his notebooks.
Books
Tracing Beatrix Potter's Artistic Evolution, from Fungi to Peter Rabbit
A new book chronicles Potter's evolution from a precocious naturalist to an expert artist with a scientific eye to a wildly successful author of children's books.
Art
The Lifespan of Bauhaus Utopianism
An exhibition at Paris's decorative arts museum hones in on the myriad ways that students and teachers at the Bauhaus sought to integrate art, architecture, and design into total artworks.
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A Decorative Cosmology Bridging Heaven and Earth
In her new exhibition, Tamara Gonzales continues to mine our material culture to chart the world all around.
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The Lavish Work of One of the Last Gilders of the Versailles Court
The first exhibition on 18th-century bronze chaser and gilder Pierre Gouthière at the Frick Collection brings together lavish examples of his work for the French court of Versailles.
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The Black Cowboys Whitewashed from American History
The photographs and videos in Black Cowboy at the Studio Museum show images of nonwhite cowboys, bringing Americana in line with historical accuracy.