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When the Language Meant to Prop Up Art Makes It Fall Over
In Practice: Material Deviance, the group exhibition currently occupying the quirky basement space at SculptureCenter, can't quite live up to its curatorial statement.
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An Exhibition of Sea Creatures and Beach Gear Treads Water
Cosima von Bonin's exhibition at SculptureCenter features many splashy, maritime-themed works, but their cumulative effect lacks much depth.
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Collector Funds Scheme to Get More Work by Women Artists into UK Museums
Art collector Valeria Napoleone is spearheading an initiative to put artwork by women in museums in the UK and US.
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Stray Dogs, Argentine Zines, and Subterranean Art at SculptureCenter
The three exhibitions currently on display at Long Island City’s SculptureCenter reveal the institution’s commitment to recognizing broad swaths of contemporary art.
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Imagined Books and Phantom Islands: Making Art from Cultural Castoffs
In the early days of motion pictures, when movies were shot in film, editors would physically review footage, handling, cutting, and taping together different sections. Innumerable snippets ended up on the cutting-room floor, discarded, never to be seen again. New York–based Polish artist Agnieszka
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The Spare, Profound Inventiveness of an Almost Forgotten Sculptor and Other Queens Discoveries
Instead of tackling a neighborhood like the Northside Festival of Williamsburg/Greenpoint or Bushwick Open Studios, the Queens Arts Express, a project of the Queens Arts Council decided to tackle the creative spirit of an entire borough over the course of four days.
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Weekly Art Rx
This week we continue with more show openings for weekend art-goers in need of a nugget of inspiration. Our round-up includes the Mike Weiss Gallery, Sculpture Center, Journal Gallery, the Studio Museum in Harlem, Airplane gallery, Nyehaus Gallery and Chambers Fine Art.
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A Sculpture Show With Too Much Twin Peaks Not Enough Freaks
Sanford Biggers new exhibition, Cosmic Voodoo Circus, is currently on view at the Sculpture Center in Long Island City. Curated by Mary Ceruti, the executive director and chief curator of the institution, the exhibition is a polite — if not enigmatic — tableau. The work is visually striking, but sti