Art
How Nuclear Testing Transformed the Land in Nevada and New Mexico
Artists document, imagine, and investigate how the testing sites of Nevada and New Mexico scar our soil and harass romantic images of the American West.
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A View from the Easel
This week, artist studios in California, Massachusetts, and New York.
In Brief
Doctors in Quebec Will Soon Prescribe Museum Visits as Medicine
The pilot program employs art to relieve a variety of physical and mental illnesses.
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Provocations: Rashid Johnson and Hedges, Edges, Dirt Explore Nativism, and Expressions of Power
Two new exhibitions now open at the Institute for Contemporary Art in Richmond, VA.
Books
Inspired by the Story of a Women’s Sanitarium, a Book Explores Mental Health as a Feminist Issue
The personal essays in this luminous anthology, published by Which Witch LA, pair the interiors of the sanitarium's rooms with the inner lives of women.
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A New Book on Agnes Martin Reveals Her Previously Unknown Philanthropy
After making millions off her paintings, abstract expressionist Agnes Martin became a secret and substantial benefactor to a range of causes in New Mexico.
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Week in Review: Vatican Vows to Find Missing Caravaggio, and San Manuel Band of Mission Indians Bestows Historic Gift
Also, a Sotheby's auction is entangled in an identity theft scandal, and Larry Gagosian is sued over $13 million in unfinished Koons sculptures.
News
Several Major New York Art Institutions Step Away from Saudi-Funded Initiatives
The Metropolitan Museum of Art and Brooklyn Museum have chosen to decline funding from the Saudi Misk Institue, and Columbia University has put its event with the Institute on pause.
In Brief
Drug Dealers Disguised 25 Pounds of Meth as Aztec Souvenirs
The various chunks of meth were part of a 90-pound package of miscellaneous Mexican souvenirs.
Comics
Dispatches from an Artist’s Junk Mail
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Announcement
Discover 500 Years of Printmaking at the Fine Art Print Fair
The International Art Fair for Prints and Editions will feature 80 dealers exhibiting an extraordinary roster of artists committed to the expressive medium of printmaking.
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Trump Brand Continues to Tarnish as New York Condo Removes President's Name
A building emblazoned with the President's name has voted to de-Trumpify itself. It becomes the seventh to do that since 2016.