Feted as the “Queen of the Bohemians,” Abercrombie saw herself as a kind of jazz witch forging dream visions into a strange, eerie, and occult body of work.
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Benny Andrews Painted the Textures of Life
Collaged scraps of cloth or crumpled paper in Andrews’s portraits were a subversive and insistent means of encompassing his own non-White, non-urban roots.
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Five New York City Art Shows to See Right Now
Sylvia Sleigh, Kenneth Tam, Christine Sun Kim, Paul Gardère, and Rudy Burckhardt are ideal for anyone who desires a glimpse into an artist’s personal life and worldview.
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Men Undressing for Women and Other Contemporary Takes on the Old Masters
Sylvia Sleigh challenged the traditions of portraiture by letting those she adored be their glorious selves.
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The Street Artist Behind the Viral “Anti-Elon Musk” Ads
Winston Tseng’s satirical ad falsely attributed to USAID at a bike dock in Washington, DC, elicited frenzied responses from Republican Senator Thom Tillis.
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Artists Find Power, Care, and Resistance in the Garden
A group exhibition at the Aldrich Museum frames gardens as a sites of nurture and control, tradition and innovation.
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Kenneth Tam’s Requiem for the Shattered American Dream
The artist takes up the devastation of those whose lives have been shattered by the plummeting value of the taxicab medallion.
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Christine Sun Kim’s Multidimensional Music
The artist makes the air hum with the previously unperceived dimensions of ordinary things, from the linework of movement to the music in everyday situations.
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A Haitian-American Artist’s Many Lenses on Life
Through his mixed media artworks, Paul Gardère invites his audience into a meaningful and personable dialogue and offers a glimpse into his life.
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Setsuko Channels the Magic of Cats
The artist’s felines, sculpted in ghostly white enamel-glazed clay, infuse the space with a quiet vitality, bridging the mystical and the everyday.
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LA Artists Reclaim the Spotlight at Two Alternative Fairs
Among an array of work by local artists at Post-Fair and the Other Art Fair, the only white cubes to be found were floating in craft cocktails.
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Art About Resilience and Resistance Dazzles at Frieze LA
Even inside the tent, works that had no connection to the recent devastating fires took on new levels of meaning.