Obama Portraits Unveiled, Eco Artist Newton Harrison Dies at 89, and More: Morning Links for September 8, 2022
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Obama Presidential Center Director Previews the Forthcoming Institution, Set to Open in 2025
ARTnews checked in for a progress report on Barack Obama's long-in-the-works presidential library.
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Firsthand at Arm’s Length
Sable Elyse Smith resists the more typical narratives of US prisons in favor of a conceptual approach that prioritizes quotidian (albeit personal and traumatic) encounters with the system.
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Two Curtains, Countless Cameras, and Many Friends: At the Unveiling of the Portraits of Barack and Michelle Obama in Washington
Music selected by the the former president and former first lady presented included songs by Miley Cyrus and U2.
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Conflict and Subversion: keyon gaskin’s Playlist
A group of videos about race, nostalgia, and refusal.
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Kehinde Wiley and Amy Sherald to Paint Portraits of Barack and Michelle Obama
They will be unveiled next year when they are added to the National Portrait Gallery's collection.
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Grim Presidential Pool Report References Edward Hopper, Norman Mailer
With the President-Elect’s administration filling up with Islamophobes and white nationalists, I’m looking for laughs where I can find them these days. And, bless it, the presidential pool…
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‘The Arts Have Long Walked Us Toward Justice’: Sarah Lewis on Her Special Issue of Aperture, ‘Vision & Justice’
For the first time in its 64-year history, the photography magazine Aperture has tapped a guest editor to focus an entire issue exclusively on the way that photography has been integral to…
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The Obamas Bring More Modern and Contemporary Art into the White House
Every U.S. president’s political vision comes with an artistic one, as well. As the New York Times reports, Barack Obama has broadened the scope of the White House’s art collection…
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John Baldessari, Meredith Monk Will Receive National Medals of Arts at the White House
The White House announced today that President Barack Obama will present the 2014 National Medals of Arts to John Baldessari, Ann Hamilton, Meredith Monk, and more in a ceremony on September 10…
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