Art
Understanding an Empire Through the Lives of Its Soldiers
DETROIT — The Sick Man of Europe, a project by artist Dor Guez, demonstrates the fundamental tension between individual and society.
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Art that Acknowledges Death Without Showing the Body
Every autumn in New York, leaves fall, grass turns brittle, and people are reminded of death.
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A Video Artist's Enigmatic Portraits from 1980s New York and Mexico City
MEXICO CITY — Ricardo Nicolayevsky, one of the most prolific Mexican video artists and experimental filmmakers working today, began his career in the early 1980s in Mexico City and New York City.
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Another View of America: The Paintings of Archibald Motley
If the purpose of an exhibition is to open your eyes and send your mind spinning in all sorts of unexpected directions, Archibald Motley: Jazz Age Modernist, currently on the eighth floor of the new, spacious Whitney Museum of American Art on Gansevoort Street, should be slotted at the top of your m
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The Portrait of Karen Carpenter
The Carpenters’ Christmas Portrait is, far and away, without a doubt, quite simply the greatest Christmas album ever recorded.
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We Prowl in the Night and Burn
We may stay awake in our sleep and write what we read in dreams.
Books
The Geometric Aesthetics of Piet Mondrian's Studios
Dutch artist Piet Mondrian lived a nomadic life, caught between the two World Wars, and he transformed each new studio and home into a reflection of his current practice.
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How Artists Portrayed Prostitution in 19th-Century Paris
PARIS — Perhaps out of a kindred permissive, libertine spirit, prostitution — both chic demi-mondaine and lascivious, pierreuse street-walker style — played a central role in the nascent development of modern painting.
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Illuminating the History of West African Portrait Photography
Discussions of West African portrait photography tend to gravitate towards the 1960s and 1970s, the era of such well-known artists as Seydou Keïta, Malick Sidibé, and Samuel Fosso.
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Diaper Cakes, Rotten Candy Vases, and the Artistry of Upcycling Detritus
HAMTRAMCK, Mich. — One can detect a sense of barely contained glee underlying Dylan Spaksky's effort to include everyone in his fun.
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An Oblivious but Ambitious Artistic Intervention in White
LONDON — white, Edmund de Waal’s intervention at the Royal Academy (RA) library, is a wonder.
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An Arrow-Shooting Goddess from a Time When Clocks Were Entertainment
From the 16th to 19th century, clockmaking in Europe saw increasingly elaborate marriages of interior mechanics and exterior design.