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The Crisis in Poland’s Museums

The nomination of Janusz Janowski to lead Zachęta National Gallery of Art is the latest attack on culture by Poland's right-wing government.

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  Magdalena Moskalewicz
• Dec 17, 2021 9:46 am

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Trump Can’t Make Architecture Great Again Without an Infrastructure Plan

A week ago, the draft of a provocative new executive order was leaked to the media—a putative fatwa on modern design, proposing that all future federal buildings be constructed in "classical and…

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  Ian Volner
• Feb 13, 2020 12:03 pm

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How Museums Are Making Artworks Accessible to Blind People Online

Describe what you see: it’s a somewhat straightforward request that has opened up complicated debates about access, labor, and description practices in the art world and beyond.

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  Emily Watlington
• Feb 12, 2020 1:32 pm

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A History of the MIT Media Lab Shows Why the Recent Epstein Scandal Is No Surprise

"Deploy or Die!" was Joi Ito's famous slogan for the Media Lab at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Go to war—meaning, in this case, find a practical (and profitable) application for your…

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  Orit Halpern
• Nov 21, 2019 11:28 am

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Election 2016: The Spin Zone

A.i.A. responds to the US presidential showdown with a satiric essay by artist and writer Walter Robinson and political cartoons by seven art-world stalwarts: Ida Applebroog, Rashid Johnson, Peter…

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  Walter Robinson
• Nov 8, 2016 12:44 pm

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Issues & Commentary: Productive Space

Last summer, a series of in-house exhibitions in the tiny lactation room at New York's Museum of Modern Art gave comfort to working mothers, while highlighting the many challenges they face.

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  Allison Freedman Weinberg
• Nov 1, 2015 9:00 am

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Reading With One Eye Closed

Since my preview of "The Female Gaze" and my review of "Now Dig This!" are readily available online at the New York Times website and elsewhere, I hope readers will judge for themselves whether or…

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  Ken Johnson
• Mar 30, 2013 11:27 am

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Issues & Commentary: Tsunami Africa

To present a cohesive overview of the art of the African diaspora is a staggering challenge. Has the Museum of Arts and Design in New York succeeded in its bold attempt?

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  Glenn Adamson
• Feb 28, 2011 9:06 pm