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Good morning. 🌤️ Today, Frank Herbert’s seminal 1965 science fiction novel Dune gets a remake, looking at the types of flowers in art, and reviews of Diane Simpson, Tamara Kostianovsky, and more.

— Hrag Vartanian, editor-in-chief

Diane Simpson's Sculpture Finds Beauty of a Different Kind

In a world delighted and entertained by displays of material excess, Diane Simpson shows that there is another possibility. | John Yau

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Vincent van Gogh, "Irises" (1889), oil on canvas, 29 x 37 inches. (via Wikimedia Commons)

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Americas Society Presents This Must Be the Place: Latin American Artists in New York, 1965–1975

View work by over 40 experimental artists and collectives from throughout the Americas who contributed to New York’s art scene during the 1960s and ’70s. Learn more.

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Tamara Kostianovsky Envisions a Whimsical Slaughterhouse

The animal carcass sculptures are gruesome yet their materials — the artist’s own discarded clothing — lend them some gentleness. | Louis Bury

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MassArt x SoWa Gallery Presents Protest and Power, an Alumni-curated Exhibition

The first year of programming at Massachusetts College of Art and Design’s graduate programs satellite gallery continues with this show, on view through October 24. Learn more.

Dune Is Impressive but Incomplete

The biggest problem with turning Dune into a film is that the book appears increasingly derivative of generic sci-fi tropes. | Dan Schindel

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The ICA at VCU Presents Dineo Seshee Bopape: Ile aye, moya, là, ndokh…harmonic conversions…mm

The artist’s newly commissioned work in Richmond, Virginia is made out of soil and water from cities and ports that played important roles in the enslavement of people. Learn more.

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An Open Letter to Piotr Bernatowicz, the Director of the Ujazdowski Castle Center for Art

Your exhibition Political Art is a personal vendetta, made possible by the ruling political authorities, and dressed up as art. | Viktor Witkowski

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UCLA MFA in Media Arts Is Accepting Applications for Fall 2022

The program provides a rigorous environment for bold experimentation in new modes of critical thinking and art-making in the context of media and technology. Learn more.

The Mythology of the Cross-Country Motorcycle Trip in Ed Roberson's Early Poems

Ed Roberson's motorcycle ride from Pittsburgh to the Pacific is a quest-romance, an exploration of American culture and American mythology. | Mark Scroggins

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