The Art

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Lessons on Art and Community From America’s Cultural Treasures 

Lessons on Art and Community From America’s Cultural Treasures 

These institutions shrink the space between art and life by serving as places where...

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Barbara T. Smith’s Experiments in Xerox 

Barbara T. Smith’s Experiments in Xerox 

Years before her feminist performance art, she channeled her feelings through a...

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New Project Will Map Fire-Ravaged Altadena’s Cultural Heritage 

New Project Will Map Fire-Ravaged Altadena’s Cultural Heritage 

LA’s Getty Foundation is funding the documentation of the historic neighborhood...

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Young Joon Kwak’s Luminescent Bodies

Young Joon Kwak’s Luminescent Bodies

The artist’s magnificent, rhinestone-encrusted cast sculptures tell multiple stories...

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The Enduring Legacy of ’80s Harlem Drag Balls

The Enduring Legacy of ’80s Harlem Drag Balls

More than three decades since Paris Is Burning put the underground scene on a world...

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Stunning Photos of the Cosmos From the World’s Largest Digital Camera

Stunning Photos of the Cosmos From the World’s Largest...

The Vera Rubin Observatory shared the first images taken with the technology, hailed...

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This Is the Story of My Resignation From the Queens Museum 

This Is the Story of My Resignation From the Queens Museum 

It’s a story about power, leverage, and fear during the first Trump administration,...

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Scientists Recreate Ancient Egypt’s Prized Blue Pigment

Scientists Recreate Ancient Egypt’s Prized Blue Pigment

The researchers shared their surprising findings in a new study that highlights...

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An LA Show Breathes New Life Into Fire-Damaged Art 

An LA Show Breathes New Life Into Fire-Damaged Art 

Burn Me! at The Box examines how fire has shaped art and life west of the San Bernardino...

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Alice Austen’s Pioneering Lesbian Gaze 

Alice Austen’s Pioneering Lesbian Gaze 

Her intimate photographs of women include humor and playfulness, and speak to her...

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Climate Activists Splash Paint on a Picasso in Montreal

Climate Activists Splash Paint on a Picasso in Montreal

"There are more than 200 wildfires in Canada at the moment," said a protester as...

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Ringling Museum Will Stay Under Florida State University, for Now

Ringling Museum Will Stay Under Florida State University,...

Florida lawmakers dropped Republican Governor Ron DeSantis's highly contested proposal...

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Curtis Yarvin’s Venice Biennale Proposal Proves the Far-Right Can’t Do Art

Curtis Yarvin’s Venice Biennale Proposal Proves the Far-Right...

Not content to help disintegrate democracy here at home, the cheugy shit-poster...

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The Queer History of Central Park’s Bethesda Fountain

The Queer History of Central Park’s Bethesda Fountain

Artist Emma Stebbins may have modeled her 1873 bronze angel for the popular landmark...

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Juneteenth Is the Story of a Freedom Withheld

Juneteenth Is the Story of a Freedom Withheld

In the art world, as in America at large, spectacle is welcomed more readily than...

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11 Juneteenth Events Around New York City 

11 Juneteenth Events Around New York City 

Workshops inspired by contemporary artists, performances, comedy, food, screenings,...