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A View from the Easel
This week, artist studios in California, Illinois, New York, Pennsylvania, and Vermont.
Test 2018 posts
Test 2018 posts
The Potential of Ancestral Memory to Reconcile Personal and Racial Histories
In his exhibition at Yours Mine & Ours gallery Steve Locke aestheticizes the entanglement of personal, familial, and racial histories which sits upon the mantel of every Black American home.
Art
Bernar Venet's Retrospective Creates a Modernist Mausoleum
Like tumbled tombstones marking the graveyard of self-referential Modernism, the exhibition at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Lyon presents a remarkable set of remembrances to ponder.
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After a Director Is Fired and a Work of Art Paused, We Must Demand Social Justice
Controversy swirling around the firing of Kimberli Meyer and the pausing of a major work of art is currently distracting us from the conversation we need to have about art and social justice.
Art
Dada-Inspired Snack Foods for an Aesthetic Eating Experience
By infusing decadence and whimsy into snacking, these food products invite an unexpected visual experience to the typically mindless midday nosh.
Art
A Timely Remembrance For Witch Hunts Of The Past by Louise Bourgeois and Peter Zumthor
A pilgrimage to visit Louise Bourgeois and Peter Zumthor’s Norwegian memorial made for victims of the witchcraft trials hits home.
Film
Luca Guadagnino’s Indulgent Remake of Suspiria
The new Suspiria, more in line with modern sensibilities of "elevated" horror, is extremely different in form, feeling, and theme.
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Week in Review: Smithsonian Gets $5 Million to Archive Underrepresented Artists, and MacDowell Colony Honors James Baldwin
Legendary drag queen Divine gets a mural in Baltimore, a fire at Dia:Beacon damages a $1 million painting, and more.
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The Artist as Lawyer, an Interview with Sergio Sarmiento about Art Law
Sergio Sarmiento went to law school as an art project, but now he is an authority on the burgeoning field of art law. We talk copyright, contracts, Richard Prince, Sam Durant, Banksy, and a lot of other things.
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Whitney Museum Receives Works by Mary Ann Unger, and an Ugo Rondinone Sculpture Unveiled in Liverpool
Plus, the Louvre Abu Dhabi has unveiled 11 new acquisitions, and Marc Chagall's work sells at a Paris auction.
Art
Political Posters that Defined the 1968 Protests in Mexico City and Paris
An exhibition commemorating the 50th anniversary of the global clash between activist movements and their governments displays posters from Mexico and Paris.
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An Ohio Sculpture Festival that Is Curiously Light on Sculpture
Heavy on interactive works, audience intervention, and social practice art, Toledo's annual sculpture festival raises the question of why we organize festivals around the theme of common discipline.