Rodrigo Valenzuela’s recent project engages with the dreams and realities of 20th-century modernism and the possibilities of public housing.
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The Dance Between Manet and Degas
What’s fascinating about Manet/Degas at The Met is the degree to which the work of each artist seemed to possess whatever the other lacked.
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What We Lose When Curating Follows the Money
Capturing the Moment pairs works from the private YAGEO Foundation with those from Tate Modern for a show with no named curators or patent purpose.
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Announcing the Recipients of the 2023–24 Emily Hall Tremaine Journalism Fellowship for Curators
Tiffany D. Gaines, Machiko Harada, Brianna L. Hernández, Álvaro Ibarra, and Brian Johnson are the recipients of this year’s fellowship.
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Deb Sokolow’s Wackadoodle World of Design
Sokolow’s overarching concern in her current exhibition, Visualizing is with the coercive potential of built environments.
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How peter campus Changed the Video Art Game
“Three Transitions” from 1973 depicts a slippery reality that thwarts the notion of video as an inherently “documentary” medium.
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Next to a Keith Haring Mural, Original Artworks by Rikers Detainees
An exhibition at NYC’s Woodhull Hospital pairs works from the medical center’s collection with pieces made by people currently imprisoned at the jail.
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Required Reading
This week, a giant sand maze in Miami, how to free yourself from big tech, Eric Adams’s bad luck streak, the fringe benefits of near-sightedness, and more.
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How the Impressionists Captured Life on Paper
While painting on canvas often slows life right down, paper works were frequently the stuff of sketchbooks, not necessarily labored over in some studio.
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The Emotional Architecture of Swoon’s Intimate Block Prints
Portraits by Caledonia Curry (aka Swoon) reveal the connectedness of bodies, psychological landscapes, landforms, and built environments.
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At Miami’s “Smaller” Fairs, Textiles and Softness Take the Stage
While the world is burning outside the ephemeral veneer of this week, artists at NADA, Untitled, and Ink Miami explore intimacy, femininity, and Latinidad.
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Glass Art That Reflects the Human Condition
Josiah McElheny’s latest sculptures reject traditionally idealized forms in favor of the imperfect.
