Art
Sustainable Solutions to the Clothing Industry's Staggering Waste Problem
An exhibition at the Cooper Hewitt showcases creative solutions to preproduction by three designers based in Tokyo, Milan, and Los Angeles.
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Decoding Betye Saar's Uneasy Symbolism
A survey of the American artist's work at Milan's Fondazione Prada showcases her ability to manipulate not only racist iconography, but also personal symbols and autobiographic narratives.
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A Garden of Ceramic Delights
Kim Dickey's exhibition at the Museum of Contemporary Art Denver is a strange environment of animals, plants, gardens, and floral forms rendered in clay.
Books
The Vibrant Colors and Andean Motifs of a Bolivian Architect’s Buildings
Since 2005, an architect in El Alto, Bolivia has erected over 60 multi-story structures painted in bright colors and packed with bold geometric forms.
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Spotlighting the Contributions of Women to Modern Interior Design
The Museum of Modern Art explores modern interiors from the 1920s to '50s and the contributions of women to their architecture and design.
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Police Brutality and the Possibilities of Evil
Sondra Perry’s solo show at the Kitchen is more than an installation about the institutionally sanctioned killing of black people; it's about how we frame and understand that reality.
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The Intimate Polaroids of a 1980s Punk Photographer
Morrisroe's works are photographic in material, painterly in aesthetic, and completely performative in concept.
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An Alluring Glimpse into Japan's Embrace of Art Deco
An exhibition in Washington, DC examines how Japanese artists and designers adopted Art Deco to capture the seductive qualities of a rapidly modernizing society.
Books
Reader’s Diary: Liam Gillick's ‘Industry and Intelligence’
Is Liam Gillick a writer?
Books
A Poetics of Being: Charles Olson Reconsidered
In Letters for Olson, the reader is reminded repeatedly that the intellectual projects of Charles Olson and his students were aspects of a larger cultural transformation, which began in the 1940s and continued into the early ’70s.
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Original Translations
Diane Simpson’s sculptures, which are made from planes she cuts and scores when she wants to curve them, always begin with a drawing.
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“Neither Flesh nor Fleshless”
What’s great about Rothko’s paintings is their refutation of language, the way they push back against conclusions.