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Jenine Shereos’ Leaf Project: Material Both Humble and Ephemeral
The Arte Povera (literally poor art) movement of the 1960s and 1970s was an iconic inspection of the societal implications of the meaning of art not as image, creation, or replication — but as material. There...
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Molière Was Alive and Victorious at Bard Summerscape 2012 in ‘The Imaginary Invalid’
The Imaginary Invalid, by Molière, was first produced in 1673, but the production staged at Bard College in mid-July as part of Bard Summerscape’s 2012 festival was as up to date — and funny...
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‘Through Her Eyes’: Voices of Ecuadorian Female Athletes
In a black and white photo, stands a tall, mahogany woman with a heavy weighted metal bar lifted above her head, in what can only be described as superhuman strength, captured in a fleeing moment.
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Visions for a Better Tomorrow: When Photography Becomes Visual Peacemaking
In 2009, the French photographer JR turned the favelas of Brazil and the slums of Nairobi, Kenya into public art galleries celebrating its female residents, pasting enormous photographs of winking eyes and toothy...
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A Night of Glitter: ‘Tragic Glamour’ at Pop International
Nostalgia never looked so loud. For one night only, on Wednesday, July 11, SoHo’s Pop International Galleries exhibited Tragic Glamour: A Photo Exploration of Queen of the Night.
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The Unseen Art of Russian Artist Guennadi Boiko
Art is blooming, hidden in the forgotten crevices of a New York, where artists from every country on earth pilgrim to Lady Liberty’s open arms.
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Enfants Magnifiques: Metropolitan Museum’s ‘P.S. 2012’ Showcases Public School Student Art
“Art is good for you,” reads the label comment accompanying kindergartener Olivia Turowski’s delightful cut and torn tissue-paper collage The Red Fox, one of 76 works in the P.S. 2012: Celebrating the Creative...
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Out of Herself: A Thai Artist Dances Flamenco
Supreeda Wongsansee beckoned me off the cafe’s wooden porch just as rain began to fall. Plump and childlike, her fingers pawed the air. She kept the palm of her hand down as she waved — in Thailand, gesturing with... -
The Numerous Expressions of Rineke Dijkstra at the Guggenheim
Regardless of how photogenic you may, or may not think you are, according to Rineke Dijkstra, we all have a “photo face.”
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There’s Only One Starr, And It’s Ringo
The atmosphere around the Pop International Galleries, on Soho’s main drag, West Broadway in New York City, was prickly with expectation just before sunset on Monday, June 25. On the door was a small...
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