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Good Morning. ⛅ Today, how art can display the complexity and contradictions of Cuba, a new book about Leonora Carrington’s tarot cards, and new media artists Hiba Ali and Jennifer Chan talk absurd performance, making artwork about work, and diasporic afterlives.

— Hrag Vartanian, editor-in-chief

How the Contradictions of Socialism Make Cuban Art Great

Is Cuban socialism a success or failure? Is Cuba frozen in time or on the verge of being overrun with McDonald’s? One field that displays the complexity and contradictions of Cuba is the arts.

Nato Green

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After artist Jeresneyka Rose published her portrait of late rapper Nipsey Hussle on social media, she learned that Walmart was selling prints of the painting without her permission.
A Ming Dynasty porcelain, purchased at a yard sale for $35 is headed to auction at Sotheby’s, where it is valued between $300,000 and $500,000.

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A Revelatory Tarot Deck by Leonora Carrington

Resurfacing a little-known part of the artist’s oeuvre, a new text from Fulgur press demonstrates that occultism was thoroughly knit into the fabric of Carrington’s life.

Cassie Packard

The Seductive Misogyny of Man Ray

There’s something deeply violent lurking below the surface of Man Ray and Fashion, an aspect made all the more troubling by a curatorial strategy of omission.

Johanna Sluiter

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On Language, Technology, and Power: Jennifer Chan in Conversation With Hiba Ali

New media artists Hiba Ali and Jennifer Chan discuss absurd performance, making artwork about work, and diasporic afterlives.

Jennifer Chan and Hiba Ali

Make Prints and Get Feedback at This Virtual Printmaking Summit

The three-day event includes tips on how to photograph your art, workshops on stencil-making, and much more.

Elisa Wouk Almino

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