Stories By Alix McKenna
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Africa
The Most Offensive Painting Ever Made
October 4, 2022Yiull Damaso has achieved a true artistic milestone. He has created what is quite possibly the...
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Larry Rivers, NYU, and Child Pornography
October 2, 2022How should we respond, however, when sexual abuse is the subject of a piece and a...
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Paul Emmanuel: Transitions: Identity Construction in South Africa
September 29, 2022As Emmanuel watched black and white soldiers go through the same seminal moment of transition, he...
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Arizona and the Politics of Mural Painting
September 26, 2022Murals are designed to unite communities, create beauty and celebrate common values. The horrific reaction to...
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Alice Leora Briggs: Art from Juárez
September 25, 2022While Briggs subject matter is unpleasant, her work has a dark beauty and an immediacy not...
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Art Review: Yves Klein: With the Void, Full Powers at the Hirshhorn, Washington, DC
September 25, 2022In one of Klein’s, racier projects, the Anthropometry series, the artist dressed to the nines and...
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Pritzker Prize goes to Bowery Museum’s Architects
September 21, 2022The 2010 Pritzker Architecture Prize was awarded to the Japanese duo, Kazuyo Sejima and Ryue Nishizawa....
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Recycling Meets Recreation
September 19, 2022Last year Macro-Sea conceived of the Dumpster Pool. The designers constructed what they call a "lo-fi...
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The Life and Work of Eadweard Muybridge
September 18, 2022Muybridge had married his young assistant, in 1871. After a while, he began to suspect that...
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Artist’s Blacklist Fights Speculation
September 17, 2022Although the market has been good to Ms. Dumas, the artist’s distaste for speculative art buyers...