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installation
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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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Imagination Playground
Read more: Imagination PlaygroundWhen award-winning architect David Rockwell started spending time in playgrounds with his young children, he was disturbed by the lack of imagination and variation in the way kids interact with standardized playground equipment. He spent five years developing the Imagination…
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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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Conscious Lee
Read more: Conscious LeeConscious Lee is a public awareness project to help people value and protect their rivers. Rivers are rich sources of life and are vital for clean water. They are beautiful spaces to connect with nature. We all need to appreciate…
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My Model Body
Read more: My Model BodyThe humorously critical project offered people an opportunity to compare themselves to the supermodel silhouette: face to face in the imaginary impression of a mirror, or at real physical scale. The idea was born out of a serious concern with…
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Ostrich
Read more: OstrichThis interactive, site-specific project is a comment on how we – constantly attached to mobile devices – neglect to observe the environment around us. Like ostriches, we willingly trap our heads, minds, and imagination in a fantasy world that is…
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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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Dharavi Biennale
Read more: Dharavi BiennaleDharavi Biennale For the last two weeks, residents of Dharavi have been visiting an open exhibition that seeks to raise awareness of health issues. The 22 installations on display have been created entirely by the residents of Dharavi. They can…
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Disability Rights Activist & Artist Liz Crow Stages “Bedding Out”
Read more: Disability Rights Activist & Artist Liz Crow Stages “Bedding Out”Artist and disability rights activist Liz Crow has produced another iteration of her long-standing performance project, “Bedding Out.” In an attempt to bridge the divide between her private and public lives, she invited the world to witness the way she…
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Work of Chinese Artist and Activist Ai Weiwei in Princeton
Read more: Work of Chinese Artist and Activist Ai Weiwei in PrincetonWork of Chinese Artist and Activist Ai Weiwei in Princeton Posted on January 24, 2013 By Susan Wallner State of the Arts Ai Weiwei “No Evil.” Photographs of Ai Weiwei by Sharron Lovell, 2009 “Your own acts tell the world…