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Anne Collier Retrospective at Bard's Center for Curatorial Studies

Feminism is fashionable, or at least palatable, in this pop-cultural moment. (Consider Beyoncé’s recent MTV Video Music Awards performance in front of a giant backdrop emblazoned with the F-word.) And...

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Glenn Kaino’s Balancing Act in Chicago

Los Angeles-based Glenn Kaino is a busy man at the moment. He’s just celebrated the opening of “Leviathan,” a solo exhibition at Chicago’s Kavi Gupta Gallery that features a series of sculptures made...

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Pin Point: On Tampa Museum of Art

The Tampa Museum of Art and the Museum of Fine Arts, St. Petersburg (MFA) are pleased to announce the first U.S. exhibition to focus solely on the post-Mao generation of Chinese artists that offers a...

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Marlborough Chelsea Puts the Boogie in Broadway

“There’s some razzle-dazzle things and then more quiet ones,” explained Marlborough Chelsea director Pascal Spengemann, discussing the 10 works that are part of “Broadway Morey Boogie,” a public art...

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5 Must-See Gallery Shows: Daria Irincheeva, Jim Shaw, and More

“Two Two One” at Regina Rex, through October 26 (221 Madison Street)The gallery, recently transplanted from Brooklyn, opened with a bang this weekend: A jam-packed four-person that began at the...

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The Fluid Dynamic of Conceptual Painter Dale Frank at Roslyn Oxley9

In his latest revelatory solo exhibition at Sydney’s Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, Australian contemporary conceptual painter Dale Frank turns his focus towards the surface, elevating its status and...

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Reviews in Brief: 3 Gallery Shows in Berlin

Gabriel Acevedo VelardeArratia Beer // September 11–October 18At first glance, there seems to be little dialogue between Velarde’s geometric paintings and music videos, but upon closer examination,...

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VIDEO: In the Studio With José Parlá

NEW YORK — September was a big month for José Parlá. The Miami-born, Brooklyn-based artist worked to complete an expansive mural that will hang in One World Trade Center, and he staged his second solo...

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5 Must-See Gallery Shows: Sophie Crumb and Aline Kominsky-Crumb, Ian Tweedy,...

“LikeNewLandscapes” at Pablo’s Birthday, through October 19 (57 Orchard Street)Organized by the curatorial group Front Company, this survey of digital work has some interesting thematic overlaps with...

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What makes Aiko Miyanaga tick? Naphthalene!

What makes Aiko Miyanaga tick? Or should the question be: What makes art from the Orient just a wee bit above the average abstracts?The answer to the first one:  A truck load of naphthalene.As for the...

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Q&A: Mickalene Thomas On Finding Meaning in Material Things

In her first exhibition at Kavi Gupta in Chicago, on view through November 16, Mickalene Thomas approaches a longtime subject matter with a brand new medium. Titled “I was born to do great things,” the...

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Shady, Sensuous Figures: Alex Becerra at LTD Los Angeles

Suspect women finally relax in Alex Becerra’s recent works: Letting down their guard, dubious — shady, even — figures recline, reveling in the opportunity to inspect themselves from uncomfortable,...

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Davidoff Selects 5 Artists for International Art Residency

In 2013, the luxury tobacco brand Davidoff announced the launch of its initiative to support Caribbean artists offering them the opportunity to participate in internationally recognized...

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Marble Magic: Alex Seton’s “Refoulement” at Sullivan+Strumpf, Sydney

Sydney-based contemporary sculptor Alex Seton’s latest body of work, “Refoulement,” which is currently on show at Sydney’s Sullivan+Strumpf Gallery until October 11, cements his reputation as one of...

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Parts and Labor: Michelle Grabner Gets to Work

“Boredom is really important to me,” said Michelle Grabner, standing among the pattern-based paintings in her debut solo exhibition with James Cohan Gallery in New York. “Situational boredom,” she...

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Reviews in Brief: 8 New York Gallery Shows to See This Month

“Flat Neighbors”Rachel Uffner170 Suffolk StreetThrough October 19Ajay Kurian brings together three other young artists — Dora Budor, Elaine Cameron-Weir, and Daniel Keller. The curator’s piece sets the...

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Bon Jour To Art From China

The two giants of the art world – one from the occident and the other from the orient – get into a creative collaboration with the upcoming exhibition, ‘Inside China: L’intérieur de Géant’, that opens...

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A Weird Trip With Mushrooms, Painting Raccoons, and Kitty Litter

Let’s be clear: “Spaced Out: Migration to the Interior” isn’t just a show about drugged-out art, but there are plenty of references to magic mushrooms, as well as a furry pink carpet covering much of...

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18 Must-See Gallery Shows During Frieze Week in London

Branch out beyond Reagent’s Park and visit the best of what London’s galleries and institutions have to offer this October, from blue-chip heavy-hitters (Serra! Richter!) to exciting newcomers (e-cig...

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John Stezaker Loses Control at Petzel

“Women’s hair is a problem,” said John Stezaker, walking me through his latest exhibition at Petzel in New York (through November 8), which contains a new series of large-scale...

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