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One Work: Yolanda López’s “Tableaux Vivant”
In a series of photographs portraying herself as the Virgin of Guadalupe, Yolanda López advocated for a Mexican American view of feminist empowerment.
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Flesh and Oil: Chaïm Soutine and Willem de Kooning at Musée de l’Orangerie
Chaïm Soutine's paintings helped Willem de Kooning resolve his best known series with a fervent mixture of abstraction and figuration.
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Haunting Modernity
Two new books trace the history of Jewish art collectors and dealers in Europe.
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What the Soil Knows: Dineo Seshee Bopape at ICA VCU
A reckoning in Richmond, Dineo Seshee Bopape's exhibition considers how the elements carry histories of slavery.
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Dash of Earth, Flash of Sky: Alice Trumbull Mason at Washburn Gallery
Alice Trumbull Mason, under-recognized during her lifetime, melded rhythmic forms into subtly masterful paintings in acidic and earthy hues.
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Of Masks and Men: James Ensor at Gladstone Gallery
Rather than face the man in the mirror, James Ensor painted grimacing masks and grinning skeletons that riled, shocked, and symbolized his viewers.
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Icons to Icons: John Chamberlain at Gagosian
If we opt out of seeing cars in Chamberlain's crushed car sculptures, what else can we see?
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Forms of Memories: Rosemary Mayer at Swiss Institute
At a time when other artists were installing hulking monuments, Rosemary Mayer turned to her own form of "temporary monuments" for family, friends, and unknown people.
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The Fate of Europa: Mary Reid Kelley and Patrick Kelley at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum
The video duo delves deep into the psyche of Titian's famous victim-protagonist, creating an absurdist portrait of white feminism.
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Recipes for Representation: Lucia Hierro at the Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum
Outsize grocery sacks, metal fencing, coupon circulars, and food delivery carriers create a portrait of Washington Heights, and gesture to class relations.
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