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Good morning. 🌤️ Today, Cuban artist Luis Manuel Otero Alcántara speaks out from prison ahead of his trial, scammers hack Beeple’s Twitter account and steal over $400K from his followers, Mexican artists and designers transform the Rockefeller Center, reviews of Lee Alexander McQueen, Willie Cole, and more.
Also, a new horror film wants you to think that all men are the same and they're all out to get you. See our review below.
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Willie Cole Recycles Musical Instruments Into Outstanding Sculptures
Time is itself a recycling process for Cole, whose freewheeling spirit transcends linearity in his excavations of art and music history. | Willie Cole
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Dozens gathered in Los Angeles this weekend to build solidarity between Black, Asian, Blasian, and trans communities. (all photos Renée Reizman/Hyperallergic)
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Persecuted artist Luis Manuel Otero Alcántara issues a public statement from a maximum-security prison in Cuba ahead of trial.
Phishers hack Beeple's Twitter account and steal over $400K in crypto, posting an “official minting link” to a fraudulent raffle.
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Five Artists Conjure Worlds Just Beyond Reach at the John Michael Kohler Arts Center
Installations by Jessica Campbell, Yasmine K. Kasem, Suchitra Mattai, Haleigh Nickerson, and Nyugen E. Smith are now on view at JMKAC in Sheboygan, Wisconsin. Learn more.
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Mexican Artists and Designers Take Over Rockefeller Center
Intervención/Intersección, the latest venture from MASA Galería, is a humming subversion of what public art can look like. | Julie Baumgardner
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Museum of Arts and Design Exhibition Explores the International Language of Dress
The first global survey dedicated to the use of clothing as a medium of visual art features works by 35 contemporary artists, including Nick Cave, Kent Monkman, Louise Bourgeois, and Mary Sibande. Learn more.
How Lee Alexander McQueen Spun History Into Fantasy
Drawing from a wide range of personal influences, McQueen deconstructed myths and facts and refashioned them into his desired story. | Anne Wallentine
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All Men Are Evil, According to This Film
In yet another horror movie that’s actually about trauma, writer-director Alex Garland makes his points bluntly, having one actor play many facets of misogyny. | Dan Schindel
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