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Black Dandyism, the 2025 Met Gala’s Theme, Has Its Roots in 18th-Century Painting
Read more: Black Dandyism, the 2025 Met Gala’s Theme, Has Its Roots in 18th-Century PaintingA young Black boy, wearing deep red livery with gold trimming, a gold earring, and red-and-white turban secured with a jeweled brooch, stares out at the viewer. Standing before a ship at sea, he hands a letter, addressed to “Monsieur…
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State Names
Read more: State Names“State Names” is a painting by Jaune Quick-To-See Smith. You immediately recognize the outline of the United States, but at the same time, that map is obscured and made difficult to read. It’s at once recognizable and not recognizable. She…
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The American Library
Read more: The American LibraryDebuting at Cleveland Triennial for Contemporary Art, July 14 – September 30 for FRONTart 2018 is ‘The American Library’ by Yinka Shonibare MBE, a celebration of the diversity of the American population. It aims to be an instigator of discovery…
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Augmented reality project puts monumental public art at New Yorkers’ fingertips
Read more: Augmented reality project puts monumental public art at New Yorkers’ fingertipsDigital art platform Kinfolk has launched its New York City-wide participatory exhibition Signature Series, the initiative’s largest public endeavour to date. The project places newly created augmented reality (AR) monuments by four New York artists—Pamela Council, Derrick Adams, Tourmaline and…
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History of Korean Women
Read more: History of Korean WomenIn the series The History of Korean Women, Cho’s suggests that the cost of that gain cannot be paid for by a cultural amnesia masking the pain and suffering of previous generations. Here the semantic emphasis is on the official…
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A Dallas Drinking Fountain
Read more: A Dallas Drinking Fountain“FOUNTAINS: A public artwork in three parts by lauren woods The Monument: A working public water fountain at the Dallas County Records Building triggers a projection of digitally-altered newsreel footage of 1960s civil rights protests under the remains of a…
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Freedom of Information
Read more: Freedom of InformationLocated within Boston’s historic (brick) core, and using the history of Boston as example, this kinetic, site-specific, public art installation is a humorous commentary on our use and trust of the internet for learning. The project makes tangible (physical), and…
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Mining the Museum
Read more: Mining the MuseumWhen Fred Wilson did an installation at the Maryland Historical Society in 1992, he shook up the museum world. Co-sponsored by the historical society and the Contemporary Museum, Mining the Museum did not involve artwork made by the artist; rather,…
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Teen Actors Keep Playwright August Wilson’s Legacy Alive
Read more: Teen Actors Keep Playwright August Wilson’s Legacy AliveEight years after his death, the annual August Wilson Monologue Competition provides high school students from around the country an opportunity to carry on the African-American playwright’s legacy. That legacy includes Pulitzer Prizes for “Fences” and “The Piano Lesson,” two…
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People’s Tours: A social history of the South End walking tour
Read more: People’s Tours: A social history of the South End walking tourIn early 2012, a group of artists, activists and assorted other odd balls got together to form People’s Tours. The idea was to give walking tours in the Boston area. Standard enough. But instead of the usual history, we would…