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Envisioning a World Where White Men Are Pedestals for Sculptures
For the opening performance of her exhibition at St. Louis's Millitzer Gallery, Catalina Ouyang had five young white male performers serving as human pedestals for her sculptures.
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After Museum Controversy, St. Louis Artists Focus on Community Building
During meetings in which local artists of color and allies gathered to strategize in response to the controversy at the Contemporary Art Museum in St. Louis, two possible approaches emerged: reprimand and correct the museum, or elevate the good work happening beyond its walls.
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Embattled Curator Jeffrey Uslip Leaves Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis
Today, CAMSTL announced that Chief Curator Jeffrey Uslip will be leaving for an as-yet-unnamed institution.
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In the Face of White Male Privilege Run Amok, a Plea for Artistic Responsibility
ST. LOUIS — What does accountability look like in a world where no one is accountable?
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Appropriated Images of Black People Spark Boycott of St. Louis Museum [UPDATED]
Kelley Walker's solo exhibition at the Contemporary Art Museum in St. Louis features photographs of black men and women smeared with chocolate and toothpaste that have triggered a public boycott of the institution.
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A Noguchi Ceiling in a U-Haul Showroom Is Restored to Its Former Glory
In the 1940s, artist Isamu Noguchi experimented with a series of "lunar landscapes," embedding lights in undulating magnesite cement. While some were freestanding sculptures, three were site-specific pieces installed in two buildings and a boat. This month, the only one of these architectural projec
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A Digital Excavation for the Tomb Guardians of Central Africa
Kota: Digital Excavations in African Art is the first exhibition to focus on Kota reliquaries in-depth, and involves a digital experience where visitors discover forgotten patterns and connections in the faded art.
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St. Louis Museum Scores Slam Dunk with $50M Art Gift
The Saint Louis Art Museum (SLAM) has received a gift of 225 artworks, worth upward of $50 million, from the collection of the late Edith Spink and Charles Claude Johnson Spink, who died in 2011 and 1992, respectively.
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Reckoning with the City in the 21st Century
Ezra Pound wrote that all great art is born from the metropolis, so it's no surprise that the metropolis itself has become one of art's primary motifs.
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Making Art from the End of Love
CHICAGO — It's impossible to know when love begins. At best, we are mildly aware of its onset — a subtle brush of the hair, a lick of the lips, a quiet nudge of the hip, a gaze that lasts too long or not long enough. What we do know is that love finds us; we cannot search it out. Spanish poet Federi
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DIY Art Giant Bob Cassilly Died This Week
We received this note yesterday from a Hyperallergic reader: "Bob Cassilly died … His bulldozer tumbled down a rocky hill, flipping over a bunch of times while he was in it. He was a pretty tough guy. He turned a giant shoe factory in St. Louis into The City Museum. A wonderland of potential lawsuit