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Spencer Museum Explores Understandings of the Human Body With Janine Antoni

A free livestream on April 26 will feature Antoni in dialogue with other artists and researchers.

Spencer Museum of Art Exhibitions Investigate Healing, Illness, and the Human Body Amid a Pandemic

Healing, Knowing, Seeing the Body and The Aorta of an Archivist explore our understanding of the human body and related themes of health, care, and connection.

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Spencer Museum Showcases Roger Shimomura’s Performance Art

Staging Shimomura reveals a lesser-known aspect of the Kansas-based painter’s career. On view through June 21.

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What Do You Do When a Project You Curate Is Censored By the State?

A curator reflects on how to respond to the controversial censorship of Josephine Meckseper's American flag–inspired artwork at a Kansas museum.

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Flag Art Is Censored at Kansas University, Warhol Foundation Weighs In [UPDATE 2]

Josephine Meckseper's flag was created precisely to comment on the vast canyon of political division in the United States, but it may soon split the state of Kansas across party lines.

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Unearthing Centuries of Interdependence Between Humans and Plants

Big Botany: Conversations with the Plant World explores how humans have historically understood the plant world, and how we ought to reconsider it as we degrade the planet.

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University of Kansas Acquires 1,000 Zines from a Defunct Radical Library

The University of Kansas Libraries recently acquired over 1,000 zines from the former Solidarity radical organization in Lawrence, Kansas.