Art
Grayson Perry’s Subversive and Psychosexual World
SYDNEY — The Museum of Contemporary Art (MCA) Australia has mounted the first ever retrospective of Grayson Perry’s work in the Southern Hemisphere.
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The Poetics of Torn Posters
PARIS — Galerie Georges-Philippe et Nathalie Vallois has launched a chic additional space wth a historical show of Jacques Villeglé and Raymond Hains’s abstract, 35mm animated film “Pénélope” (1953).
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Honoring Nepal's Cultural Heritage One Year After Its Catastrophic Quake
To coincide with the one-year anniversary of the April 25, 2015, earthquake in Nepal, the Rubin Museum of Art is launching a series of commemorative projects, including an online exhibition that celebrates the unique culture of the region.
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Grafting Puerto Rican Architecture onto the Lower East Side
Edra Soto attempts architectural transplants the way a doctor might replace skin, seeing if an unfamiliar addition will take.
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How Serge Poliakoff Predicted 60 Years of Painting
Deep inside every great painting is the question of what it means to paint.
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A Cassette-Based Symphony that Erodes with Time
WASHINGTON, DC — For the past several weeks, Transformer Gallery has played host to a dissonant symphony.
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Paintings Playfully Distilled from 18th-Century European Portraiture
Currently on view in the project room at ART 3 in Bushwick are a half-dozen canvases by Deborah Brown, consisting of figures, some based literally, others emblematically, on the portrait styles of various historical periods.
Music
Singing Along with Two Titans of Brazilian Music
My roommate once noted how I only sing in the apartment when we play Brazilian music.
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A Sci-fi Film Imagines a Dystopian Future for Palestine
MADRID — What do archaeology and science fiction have in common?
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When Honey-Coated Nude Performance Art Loses Its Sting
Madison Young isn’t the first woman I’ve seen pour honey on her naked body and, owing to certain lifestyle choices I’ve made, I have a feeling she won’t be the last.
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Laura Poitras’s Unimaginative Transition from the Screen to the Museum
Laura Poitras is an excellent filmmaker.
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An Artistic but Unsubtle Contemplatation of Environmental Degradation
WASHINGTON, DC — There’s hardly any question as to Helen Frederick’s views, and little room to doubt her stance on the sorry state of nature.