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Discovering an Unknown Sculptor, 30 Years After His Death

by John Yau May 12, 2019May 14, 2019

During the past decade, many neglected artists have been reconsidered; this cannot be said for Leo Amino.

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Photographing the Bloody Cost of Resistance

by John Yau May 5, 2019May 3, 2019

Between 1968 and 1981, when he turned 13, Khiang H. Hei was at or near the epicenter of several catastrophic historical events reverberating across Southeast Asia.

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Alison Bechdel’s Mission to Make Lesbian Culture Visible Through Comics

by Ilene Dube September 24, 2018

A new retrospective charts the graphic novelist’s journey from her dysfunctional family’s funeral home to being appointed Vermont’s Cartoonist Laureate in 2017.

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Stanley Twardowicz, a Neglected Minor Master

by John Yau September 10, 2017September 8, 2017

The unsung Abstract Expressionist wanted his paintings to show none of the effort he put into making them.

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9 Art-Filled Summer Day Trips from New York

by Jillian Steinhauer June 29, 2017July 3, 2017

Hyperallergic staffers pick their favorite destinations within three hours of the city.

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A Soviet-Era Kinetic Sculpture Designed to Improve Factory Life

Avatar photo by Allison Meier April 4, 2016April 9, 2016

The “Positron” (1976–77) by Latvian artist Valdis Celms operated a bit like a disco ball, flashing various colors of light as the goliath metal orb rotated.

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A Soviet Artist’s Lifelong Search for a Universal Artistic Language

by Tatiana Istomina January 15, 2016January 24, 2016

NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ — There are at least two plausible narratives of Bakhchanyan’s trajectory: the uplifting story of an artist’s creative growth in spite of difficult circumstances, or the tragic tale of someone whose talent never reached its full potential due to the pressures of historical and political forces.

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Will Some Bright Morning Ever Arrive?

by John Yau September 6, 2015September 22, 2015

NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ — In 1963, while living in Los Angeles, Melvin Edwards welded “Some Bright Morning” out of different pieces of steel scrap metal, including a heavy chain and a dagger-like fragment extending from a circular, collar-like form.

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Over 200 Years of Portraiture in One Exhibition

by Alicia Eler January 24, 2014January 24, 2014

Striking Resemblance: The Changing Art of Portraiture at Rutger University’s Zimmerli Art Museum considers some 200 years (c. 1800 to the present) of the portrait’s history in mediums two-, three- and four-dimensional, with 130 works by approximately 80 artists.

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