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The Corporate Coup
Economic inequality has reached levels not seen since 1929, the year when so many citizens were propelled into poverty.
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In Japan, Issei Nishimura Paints the Blues
Nishimura paints, plays music, and enjoys the companionship of his cats, but rarely ventures out.
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The Frozen Gestures of Lynda Benglis
Benglis always carried the painting process into her work, resulting in a visual representation of material in action.
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The International Modernisms of World War I
Ephemera provides an important history lesson, especially for a war that is disappearing from America’s collective memory, but the most affective works in World War I and the Visual Arts are those that convey the pathos of the war experience.
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Michael Landy’s Art of Destruction and Renewal
After destroying everything he owned in 2001, Landy seems to be rushing to fill the vacuum.
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Required Reading
This week, save the internet, the language of all-female art exhibitions, lenticular furniture, gender stats at top architecture firms, Leonardo's toe, and more.
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The Emotions of Interpretation
The process of interpretation, and its underlying emotions, are at the core of Alejandro Cesarco's exhibition.
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Matt Bollinger’s America
This is the American dream gone wrong.
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Irving Petlin’s Armada of Discontent
Whatever your life story, it is part of a larger history – this is what Petlin recognizes and is perhaps why he suppresses the personal or anecdotal.
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Predator
There is no mistaking the kind who simply take what they want. You can smell them across the room.
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Photographing Northern Ireland's Mean Streets
During the decades that Northern Ireland’s paramilitary violence garnered worldwide attention, most people were busy making ends meet.
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Virginia Wagner’s Landscapes of Exquisite Dread
Wagner would agree with Samuel Beckett, that “Nothing is funnier than unhappiness.”