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How Dionne Lee Combines Darkroom Techniques with Wilderness Survival Tactics
Lee's photographs and collages show how rural landscapes have historically been sites of both refuge and violence for Black people.
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Latest Reviews
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New York
Gray and Green: Maya Lin at Madison Square Park
Nearly fifty dead trees installed in Madison Square Park to raise alarm on climate change create a placid environment suggesting adaptation.
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New York
Bad Fruit, Fertile Ground: Kathleen Ryan at Karma
Clearly in dialogue with seventeenth-century Dutch still lifes, Kathleen Ryan's bejeweled sculptures of rotting foods are also inspired by DIY crafts and homespun decor.
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New York
All Rise: Cameron Rowland at Essex Street
Accompanied by texts relaying the entangled histories of slavery and policing, Cameron Rowland's expositional sculptures also serve as memorials and forms of protest.
By Maya Binyam -
Nice
Pleasure by Extraction: Shu Lea Cheang at the Musée Départemental des Arts Asiatiques
Sexual climax is both heightened and commodified in the dystopian world of Shu Lea Cheang's latest exhibition and forthcoming feature film.
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Houston
Eye of the Storm: Allora & Calzadilla at the Menil Collection
Allora & Calzadilla's exhibition "Specters of Noon" explores the colonial history of Puerto Rico through a Surrealist lens.
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Atlanta
A Central Axis: David Driskell at the High Museum of Art
A major survey emphasizes that David Driskell's contributions to art history were rooted in his own work, which refracted the concerns of Black Americans.
Issues & Commentary
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The ICE Man Painteth
George W. Bush paints over his flawed policies in a new book of immigrant portraits.
By Zoé Samudzi
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Take this quiz and tally your score to see if you're ready to activate the discourse.
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