The East Asian art of paper cutting, drawings inspired by Brazilian woodworking, and cunty ceramics are among the standouts of a mostly uninspiring affair.

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03.05.2024

Giving Space to Black Women at 1-54 Contemporary African Art Fair

The special attention to women artists highlights the importance of intersectional representation in the fight for inclusion.

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03.05.2024

The Miscarriage Collages That Were Too Much for the Art World

In 1974, the San Francisco Art Institute isolated Joanne Leonard’s series Journal of a Miscarriage from the rest of the works in her solo show. Has anything changed since?

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03.05.2024

A View From the Easel

“I spend some moments quietly observing the work in my studio and try to listen to what the work needs.”

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03.05.2024

Required Reading

This week, new US census categories, a dispatch from an art-framing shop, university crackdowns on student protesters, silly TikTok recipes, and much more.

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03.05.2024

This Art Book Is About You!

Much has been written about artists, curators, and art historians. Oskar Bätschmann’s The Art Public: A Short History is dedicated to the spectators on the other side.

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03.05.2024

Billions in Debt Forgiven for Students of Defunct Art Institutes

The shuttered art school network was accused of defrauding and misleading its students.

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03.05.2024

Students Stage Sit-In for Gaza at NYC’s School of Visual Arts

More than 50 protesters including students from the Fashion Institute of Technology and NYU rallied in support outside the school.

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03.05.2024

The Animal Wonderland of Les Lalanne

Blending zoomorphic elements with a fanciful aesthetic, the artist duo’s functional animal sculptures evoked a sense of wonder and enchantment.

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02.05.2024

8 Art Shows to See in New York City, May 2024

Vibrant colors and fantastical creatures are in abundance in shows by Sanam Khatibi, Julia Bland, Claude Lawrence, Annette Wehrhahn, and others.

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02.05.2024

Who Is the Cartoon Child Seen on Palestinian Protest Signs?

Created in 1969 by late political cartoonist Naji al-Ali, the figure known as Handala has long symbolized Palestinian identity and resilience.

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02.05.2024

A March Across Manhattan's Student Encampments

“I think the power of the artist — the student artist — is to envision a new world and actually embody it," said a Parsons sophomore.

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02.05.2024

Isabel Quintanilla’s Dreamy Realism

The same small Duralex glass cup appears repeatedly in the artist’s sparse and intimate still lifes, evincing her uncanny ability to capture light.

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02.05.2024

Xiyadie’s Papercut Love Letters

Butterfly Dream speaks eloquently of the artist’s loves and losses, his public burdens and private desires.

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02.05.2024

A New Keith Haring Biography Leaves Out Half the Story

Radiant is a bountiful source of information about the late queer artist’s life and career, but it says oddly little about his art and its enduring legacy.

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02.05.2024

Opportunities for Artists, Writers, and Art Workers in May 2024

Residencies, grants, open calls, and jobs from The Bennett Prize, Ucross, Oak Spring Garden Foundation, and more in our monthly list of opportunities for artists, writers, and art workers.

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02.05.2024

SMFA at Tufts University Presents Pulling Teeth and Jumping Rope

Work by graduate artists of the School of the Museum of Fine Arts at Tufts University is on view May 6–19 in Massachusetts.

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02.05.2024

Artifacts Looted 80 Years Ago Repatriated to Okinawa

The scrolls, pottery, and a 19th-century hand-drawn map were presumably looted from the Japanese island in the final days of World War II.

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02.05.2024

Across LA Schools, Art Students and Faculty Rally for Palestine

Amid aggressive escalations at UCLA and arrests at USC, protesters are invoking the artistic legacy of radical activism.

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01.05.2024

The Strange Intimacy of Unregulated Sperm Donations

With Spermworld Lance Oppenheim deconstructs the subculture of unregulated sperm donations to reveal how they reflect universal experiences.

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01.05.2024

The Echoes of Russian Atrocities in Two Venice Pavilions

The Venice Biennale’s Polish and Russian pavilions are both showing work by foreign countries, but their intentions and results couldn’t be more different.

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01.05.2024

In Bushwick, Skewville Makes a Home for Street Art

Tucked away in a garage in Brooklyn, the colorful art space is one of the only galleries in the city devoted to the underappreciated medium.

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01.05.2024

Students Rename Columbia Building in Honor of 6-Year-Old Killed in Gaza

University officials locked down the Morningside campus after Pro-Palestinian protesters occupied Hamilton Hall, now baptized “Hind’s Hall.”

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01.05.2024

Who Was Angelica Kauffman?

Though technically proficient, the painter and Royal Academy cofounder owed a great deal of contemporary recognition to her active social networking.

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01.05.2024

A 65-Foot Wiener Lands in Times Square

New Yorkers can feast their eyes on the formidable frank through June 13.

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01.05.2024

The Cuban Artists Who Turned Havana's May Day Parade Into a Protest

Luis Manuel Otero Alcántara and Raychel Carrión used state-orchestrated political theater as a backdrop for their critiques of institutional power and mindless consent.

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01.05.2024

10 Shows to See in Los Angeles, May 2024

Kwame Brathwaite’s singular photography, Jackie Amézquita’s “soil paintings,” Sanaa Gateja’s paper beadwork, ancient pottery, and more.

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01.05.2024

A Caribbean Film Festival in Miam Confronts a World in Crisis

The Third Horizon festival, opening May 9, has championed radical and anticolonial filmmakers since its inception.

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01.05.2024

Water Jug Goes Viral as Symbol of Gaza Solidarity Student Encampments

Much like the folding chair from last summer's Mississippi Riverfront Brawl, the “jug of justice” became an instantaneous emblem of student resistance.

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30.04.2024

Exhibition Tells the Still-Evolving Story of the Miccosukee

From frybread to patchwork clothing, We Are Still Here tells the history of the tribe through more than a collection of artifacts.

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30.04.2024

Expressionists Great and Not So Great

Expressionists felt that art had the capacity to heal, to cross-fertilize, to challenge fixed ideas — it could make the world anew.

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30.04.2024

Photos From the Pope's Historic First Visit to the Venice Biennale

Pope Francis visited the women's prison where the Vatican is presenting its pavilion exhibition this year.

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30.04.2024

Inside the Vatican's Uncanny Venice Biennale Pavilion

Con i miei occhi (With my eyes), staged in a women’s prison, preaches visibility but operates on secrecy.

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30.04.2024

Archaeologists Uncover Mysterious Monument in Eastern France

The three circular interlocking enclosures, numerous artifacts, and gravesite found in Marliens could be as old as the Neolithic Age.

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Giving Space to Black Women at 1-54 Contemporary African Art Fair

The Miscarriage Collages That Were Too Much for the Art World

A View From the Easel

Required Reading

This Art Book Is About You!

Billions in Debt Forgiven for Students of Defunct Art Institutes

Students Stage Sit-In for Gaza at NYC’s School of Visual Arts

The Animal Wonderland of Les Lalanne

8 Art Shows to See in New York City, May 2024

Who Is the Cartoon Child Seen on Palestinian Protest Signs?

A March Across Manhattan's Student Encampments

Isabel Quintanilla’s Dreamy Realism

Xiyadie’s Papercut Love Letters

A New Keith Haring Biography Leaves Out Half the Story

Opportunities for Artists, Writers, and Art Workers in May 2024

SMFA at Tufts University Presents Pulling Teeth and Jumping Rope

Artifacts Looted 80 Years Ago Repatriated to Okinawa

Across LA Schools, Art Students and Faculty Rally for Palestine

The Strange Intimacy of Unregulated Sperm Donations

The Echoes of Russian Atrocities in Two Venice Pavilions

In Bushwick, Skewville Makes a Home for Street Art

Students Rename Columbia Building in Honor of 6-Year-Old Killed in Gaza

Who Was Angelica Kauffman?

A 65-Foot Wiener Lands in Times Square

The Cuban Artists Who Turned Havana's May Day Parade Into a Protest

10 Shows to See in Los Angeles, May 2024

A Caribbean Film Festival in Miam Confronts a World in Crisis

Water Jug Goes Viral as Symbol of Gaza Solidarity Student Encampments

Exhibition Tells the Still-Evolving Story of the Miccosukee

Expressionists Great and Not So Great

Photos From the Pope's Historic First Visit to the Venice Biennale

Inside the Vatican's Uncanny Venice Biennale Pavilion

Archaeologists Uncover Mysterious Monument in Eastern France

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