Pope Francis, the bad boy of Holy Fathers, made history last weekend when he became the first pontiff to visit the Venice Biennale. We’ve got photos of his visit plus Julie Baumgardner’s impressions from the Vatican’s pavilion, set in a functioning women’s prison.
In other news, archaeologists uncover a massive prehistoric piece of land art in Eastern France, while a Chicago human rights nonprofit charges Israel with war crimes at the International Criminal Court for bombing a historic Greek Orthodox church in Gaza.
After three years of closure and four suicides, the Hudson Yards developer in Manhattan announced plans to reopen the contested Vessel with improved safety measures. Charley Burlock, who has studied suicide prevention in architecture, explains why reopening the Vessel is still a terrible idea.
There’s more, including shows to see in Upstate New York, Michael Glover on the Expressionists, the Miccosukee Tribe's fight for its land through art, and more.
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It’s time to acknowledge the Hudson Yards staircase sculpture for what it has become: a memorial.
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Con i miei occhi (With my eyes), staged in a women’s prison, preaches visibility but operates on secrecy.
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Pope Francis visited the women's prison where the Vatican is presenting its pavilion exhibition this year.
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Rhea Nayyar |
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Arlene Shechet’s muscular ceramics, Z. Cecilia Lu’s monstrous-yet-heartwarming assemblages, Lother Osterburg’s lonely sculptures, and more.
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Taliesin Thomas |
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Expressionists felt that art had the capacity to heal, to cross-fertilize, to challenge fixed ideas — it could make the world anew.
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From frybread to patchwork clothing, We Are Still Here tells the history of the tribe through more than a collection of artifacts.
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