New Ai Weiwei Documentary Champions the Artist as a Global Activist
The film grew out of his 2014 project on the onetime prison island in San Francisco Bay.
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New MoMA Offers ‘Pleasures and Possibilities for Learning More’: Latin American Scholar Edward J. Sullivan on the Museum’s Global Vision
Commitment on the part of institution to the arts of Latin America and the Caribbean has waxed and waned in the decades since its founding.
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Looking for Thrilling Public Art in New York City? Head to Your Local Bus Stop—ASAP
Plus, Hadi Fallahpisheh delivers one of the best shows of the year, at Tramps, and the beloved 1970s art zine Art-Rite returns in reproduction.
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MoMA’s Revisionism Is Piecemeal and Problem-Filled: Feminist Art Historian Maura Reilly on the Museum’s Rehang
"The problem is that with a revisionist strategy there is still a binary opposition in place."
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MoMA Undertakes an ‘Authentic and Potentially Lasting Structural Shift’
The institution has made strides in choreographing artists across media, generations, and borders, but some glaring omissions remain.
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At MCA Chicago, Captivating Collection Show Celebrates Blackness Through American History
Over the course of three different installations, 'Prisoner of Love' has offered key works by Arthur Jafa, Deana Lawson, Kerry James Marshall, and more.
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Finally, a Biennial That Does Justice to Indigenous Narratives
The inaugural edition of the Toronto Biennial asks a lot of viewers but is well worth the effort.
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MoMA’s Expansion and Rehang Are Sumptuous and Smart—Now’s the Time for It to Take Big Chances
With some 3 million visitors a year, the New York museum was feeling crowded, and its leaders decided it needed to grow. But its last addition was not so long ago.
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Performing Across from the White House, Artist Rafa Esparza Chips Away at the Myths of Democracy
The performance, part of a new two-part work, is presented in collaboration with Performance Space New York and Ballroom Marfa.
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‘We Ourselves Are Our Prize’: Lasting Works in the Whitney Biennial Evoke Toni Morrison and Ancestry Through the Ages
"In many instances, the Biennial opens up space for subjectivity to be rendered through multiplicity—and perhaps in ways not attainable to certain viewers."
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