‘It’s Finding a Gap in the Bureaucratic Process’: Watch Minerva Cuevas Explain How Her Artistic Acts of Sabotage Inspired Real Activism in Mexico

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‘It’s Finding a Gap in the Bureaucratic Process’: Watch Minerva Cuevas Explain How Her Artistic Acts of Sabotage Inspired Real Activism in Mexico

As part of a collaboration with Art21, hear news-making artists describe their inspirations in their own words.

By Caroline Goldstein, Aug 29, 2019

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See the 12 Wildest Art Installations at This Year’s Burning Man, From a Life-Size Flying Whale to a Robot Hand

See what you're missing on the playa this week.

By Sarah Cascone, Aug 29, 2019

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How to Look at a Sam Gilliam Painting: With One Eye on History and the Other on Color and Form

Dia:Beacon has added Gilliam's "Double Merge" to its permanent display.

By Ben Davis, Aug 28, 2019

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It Turns Out Plants Make Noise as They Grow—and a New Sound Art Show at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden Gives You a Chance to Listen

Artist Adrienne Adar hopes that being able to hear plants will make people see them as sentient beings.

By Sarah Cascone, Aug 27, 2019

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After 30 Years, a Stolen Renaissance Masterpiece Returns to Italy With a Show in the Artist’s Hometown

Pinturicchio’s missing 'Madonna and Child' has gone on view at the Galleria Nazionale dell'Umbria.

By Sarah Cascone, Aug 23, 2019

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See Vivian Suter’s New Show at ICA Boston, Inspired by Her Home in the Guatemalan Rainforest

The artist's work can also currently be seen throughout New York City.

By Caroline Goldstein, Aug 23, 2019

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How Maria Qamar’s Feminist Desi Pop Art Went Viral on Instagram, Charmed Mindy Kaling, and Broke Into the New York Art World

The Instagram sensation makes art about the millennial Desi experience.

By Sarah Cascone, Aug 22, 2019

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Takashi Murakami Has Covered Practically Every Square Inch of a New Hong Kong Art Center With His Colorful Work. See the Show Here

The exhibition includes very weird mannequins of the artist.

By Kate Brown, Aug 22, 2019

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‘Being an Artist Is a Pursuit of a Feeling of Freedom’: Watch Avery Singer Combine the Digital and the Analog to Put Her Own Twist on Painting

As part of a collaboration with Art21, hear news-making artists describe their inspirations in their own words.

By Caroline Goldstein, Aug 22, 2019

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‘I Wanted to Leave Something in Return’: Artist Claudia Comte on Why She Installed Permanent Underwater Sculptures Off Jamaica’s Coast

The cast concrete sculptures will help with the revitalization of the coral reef.

By Sarah Cascone, Aug 19, 2019

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‘I Didn’t Want to Make What Looked Like Art’: Watch Cindy Sherman Transform Herself Into Female Fantasies, Stereotypes, and Nightmares

As part of a collaboration with Art21, hear news-making artists describe their inspirations in their own words.

By Caroline Goldstein, Aug 15, 2019

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Liam Gillick and an Austrian Art Collective Transformed Vienna’s Kunsthalle Into a Nightmarish Film Set—See It Here

A feature-length film will be released later this year.

By Kate Brown, Aug 14, 2019

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A New Edward Hopper-Themed Motel Room Allows You to Experience All the Alienation of the Artist’s Classic Paintings

You can spend the night in this painting, courtesy of the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts.

By Caroline Goldstein, Aug 14, 2019

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Marvel at the Delirious Environments of SuperReal, a New Pop-Up Art Attraction Cooked Up by New York’s Glitziest Italian Restaurant

The Moment Factory and Cipriani are taking the pop-up museum to new heights.

By Sarah Cascone, Aug 9, 2019

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‘You’ve Got to Be a Bit Utopian’: British Artist Yinka Shonibare CBE Explains What it Takes to Be an Artist

As part of a collaboration with Art21, hear news-making artists describe their inspirations in their own words.

By Caroline Goldstein, Aug 8, 2019