Just a few days before the Venice Biennale opens to the public, the artist and two curators representing Israel partially shuttered their installation until a “ceasefire and hostage agreement is reached.” Critics say the move is an empty gesture that doesn't go far enough. Read all about it in Rhea Nayyar’s report.
Also today, a 2023 film that recently made its debut in the United States suggests we call Hollywood's Indiana Jones character what he is: a grave robber.
There’s more, including shows to see in New York in the second half of April, Thomas F. Darcy’s biting political cartoons, AX Mina on the forthcoming book Trans Hirstory in 99 Objects, and Michael Glover on the fashion rivalry between Battle of Waterloo foes Napoleon Bonaparte and the Duke of Wellington.
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— Hakim Bishara, Senior Editor
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The partial closure of the pavilion until a ceasefire is reached is an “empty and opportunistic” gesture, said a group who called for Israel to be excluded from the event.
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Massif Central, the luxury scarf maker known for their artist-designed limited editions, is offering some of the final pieces from their archive, including collaborations with Josh Smith, Rashid Johnson, Trudy Benson, and Kaws. Just two of each remain, only on Platform.
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Trans Hirstory in 99 Objects serves less as a catalog and more as a continuation of a years-long effort to tell a millennia-long history.
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AX Mina |
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Alice Rohrwacher’s La chimera (2023) resists Hollywood’s compulsion to romanticize the Western archaeologist.
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Register for credit-bearing summer art studios (online and in-person) for high school and college students to explore new ideas and artistic media at Cornell AAP.
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The 1st Duke of Wellington was always very particular about the way he turned himself out — as was his nemesis Napoleon, of course.
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Michael Glover |
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Politics and painting are at the center of shows by Beau Dick, Sam Jablon, Mira Schor, Rose B. Simpson, and Gary Stephan.
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Valentina Di Liscia, Lakshmi Rivera Amin, John Yau, and Daniel Larkin |
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A new exhibition in Rome focuses on collectors’ obsession with “completing” ancient artworks through restorations that often permanently transformed them.
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More than 120 of Tom Darcy’s political cartoons will go on display at Nunu Fine Art this summer, paired with over 50 contemporary works by his son Brad Darcy.
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Committed to supporting the field of sculpture, in 2024 the Jonathan and Barbara Silver Foundation will award a $20,000 grant to a writer who demonstrates fresh thinking on the history, aesthetics, and/or purposes of sculpture.
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