Saving Frida Kahlo From Her Own Celebrity
Scholars and artists are trying to reclaim Kahlo's art from the cult of personality that has surrounded her since her death. A new exhibition at the MCA in Chicago aims to put the emphasis back on…
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How Artists Are Using Music to Seduce, Confound (and Entertain) Us
From primordial incantations to operatic melodrama to hip-hop beats, artists are exploiting the elemental language of music to communicate across cultural boundaries
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Avant-Garde Quilt Explosion!
A guide to weird and wild contemporary-art quilts by conceptualists, code-breakers, feminists, fashionistas, Afrofuturists, and street artists
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The Civil War in Art, Then and Now
As several museums showcase works made at the time of the conflict, contemporary artists continue to reflect on its legacy
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Feast for the Eyes: Red Rooster Harlem’s Recipe for Art
At Red Rooster Harlem, chef and owner Marcus Samuelsson gives as much thought to the art on the walls as to the food
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What I Like About You: Artists to Follow on Instagram
How Laurie Simmons, Ryan McGinness, Kenny Scharf, and others are using the photo-sharing network to disseminate their work—and their fixations
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Hank Willis Thomas Stages a Photo Shoot
How Sanford Biggers came to strike a pose as a two-faced dandy
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"Sweet Funk-An Introspective," the Brooklyn Museum's sampling of 10 years of Sanford Biggers's work (on view through Jan. 8), centers on the museum's recently acquired Blossom (2007). Shown to…
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Virtual Sketchbook Sanford Biggerss Conundrum
Sanford Biggers's Conundrum, shown at The Kitchen on April 16th and 17th, was performed by a mouse. That is, it was primarily executed by the clicks of Biggers' computer mouse, resolved by the viewer…
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