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Christina Quarles’s Paintings of Tangled Appendages Probe Prismatic Senses of Self
The artist has a show at Hamburger Bahnhof in Berlin until September.
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Rayyane Tabet’s Artistic Investigations Are Stranger Than Fiction
The artist talks about his work and a special print created for Art in America.
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In the Global South, Labeling a Research Project “Art” Can Be a Tool for Evading Censorship
On an October night in 2021, viewers at the New York independent cinema venue Light Industry were immersed in scenes of street protests that had taken place in Hong Kong. Two films from…
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When Does Artistic Research Become Fake News? Forensic Architecture Keeps Dodging The Question
As the group's model of investigative artistic research propagates, it's worth exploring the risks.
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Research Art is Everywhere. But Some Artists Do It Better Than Others.
The art world has a love-hate relationship with artistic research.
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Must-See Museum Shows Opening This Spring
Art in America editors highlight some significant and intriguing shows opening in Spring 2023.
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How a Documentary on Great Whites Aroused Romantic Notions of Sharks—and Raised Distressing Questions About Race
The 1971 film Blue Water, White Death inspired images of sharks for the ages.
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From the Archives: How the Avant-garde Sold Out
One need only consider the number of artists who parachute down in SoHo each week, hoping to "make it" in New York by securing those emblems of conformity :a loft and a dealer.
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Hangama Amiri’s Kaleidoscopic Textile Art Summons the Strength of Women in Afghanistan
The artist has a show at the Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum in Ridgefield, Connecticut.
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From the Archives: Wangechi Mutu Dresses Cultural Critique in Freakishly Beautiful Disguises
In her gorgeous, sometimes gruesome works, the artist ironically underscores the violence and oppression that "civilization" often entails.
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