Stories By Alix McKenna
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Art
The Most Offensive Painting Ever Made
February 19, 2024Yiull Damaso has achieved a true artistic milestone. He has created what is quite possibly the...
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After Image
Larry Rivers, NYU, and Child Pornography
February 18, 2024How should we respond, however, when sexual abuse is the subject of a piece and a...
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Art
Paul Emmanuel: Transitions: Identity Construction in South Africa
February 14, 2024As Emmanuel watched black and white soldiers go through the same seminal moment of transition, he...
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After Image
Arizona and the Politics of Mural Painting
February 11, 2024Murals are designed to unite communities, create beauty and celebrate common values. The horrific reaction to...
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Art
Alice Leora Briggs: Art from Juárez
February 11, 2024While Briggs subject matter is unpleasant, her work has a dark beauty and an immediacy not...
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Art
Art Review: Yves Klein: With the Void, Full Powers at the Hirshhorn, Washington, DC
February 10, 2024In one of Klein’s, racier projects, the Anthropometry series, the artist dressed to the nines and...
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After Image
Pritzker Prize goes to Bowery Museum’s Architects
February 7, 2024The 2010 Pritzker Architecture Prize was awarded to the Japanese duo, Kazuyo Sejima and Ryue Nishizawa....
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Architecture
Recycling Meets Recreation
February 6, 2024Last year Macro-Sea conceived of the Dumpster Pool. The designers constructed what they call a "lo-fi...
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Art
The Life and Work of Eadweard Muybridge
February 5, 2024Muybridge had married his young assistant, in 1871. After a while, he began to suspect that...
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Art
Artist’s Blacklist Fights Speculation
February 3, 2024Although the market has been good to Ms. Dumas, the artist’s distaste for speculative art buyers...