October 10, 2019
Published by Alisha Haridasani Gupta at October 10, 2019
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The Many Faces of Gandhi

In October 1939, about a decade before he was assassinated, Mohandas K. Gandhi issued a warning to his admirers. “Some would like to erect my statue […]
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October 9, 2019
Published by Fiona Donovan at October 9, 2019
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Retracing the Spanish Path of My Ancestor, the Founder of the Whitney

Standing on the banks of the sparkling Rio Odiel in Spain, I watched the sun set over this wide estuary that stretches out to marshy grasses […]
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October 1, 2019
Published by Siddhartha Mitter at October 1, 2019
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Kara Walker Takes a Monumental Jab at Britannia

LONDON — The Queen Victoria Memorial, centerpiece of the plaza that fronts Buckingham Palace, is possibly the most bombastic of this city’s monuments to British grandeur. […]
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December 27, 2017
Published by GUY TREBAY at December 27, 2017
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Make Mine the Burlap Wrap

How excessive staffing, little competition, generous contracts and archaic rules dramatically inflate capital costs for transit in New York. Workers in the East Side Access tunnel, […]
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December 6, 2017
Published by RACHEL GARRAHAN at December 6, 2017
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British Competition Celebrates the Role of Crafts

Advertisement LONDON — A detailed fountain that recalls the rococo abundance of 17th century Dutch flower paintings is on display at the Victoria and Albert Museum […]
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August 16, 2017
Published by RUTH LA FERLA at August 16, 2017
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The Rebranding of the Bronx

In the late 1980s, Bruckner Boulevard was a forbidding stretch of asphalt strung with disused factories, dim tattoo parlors and fast-food depots. The thoroughfare, blisteringly sketched […]
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August 16, 2017
Published by VALERIYA SAFRONOVA at August 16, 2017
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Meet the Creator of Beyoncé’s Crown From the ‘7/11’ Video

Enter Laura Wass’s Brooklyn studio and you will find brass bunny ears, candy-colored bras, gold crowns and other pieces that are a futuristic cross between happy-go-lucky […]
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August 1, 2017
Published by VALERIYA SAFRONOVA at August 1, 2017
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With iPhone and Stickers, a Doodling Artist Who Dreams Big

“The eraser is a godsend,” said Jon Burgerman, pointing an iPhone in the direction of a compact, raggedy-haired dog outside a Blue Bottle Coffee shop in […]
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July 26, 2017
Published by GUY TREBAY at July 26, 2017
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Digital Artist Yung Jake Scores With Emoji Portraits

They flow ceaselessly through the text panels on our smartphones, these ubiquitous ideograms used to convey facts or feelings or perhaps nothing at all. They have […]
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May 4, 2017
Published by ROBERTA SMITH at May 4, 2017
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Art Review: The Met’s Rei Kawakubo Show, Dressed for Defiance

In the 1980s in the New York art world and other cultural spheres, black was the new black, and the designer most responsible for this state […]
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