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Text • Grace Ebert

‘PLEASE’ Is Anna Mantzaris’ Unhinged Comedy About Desperately Wanting Love

‘PLEASE’ Is Anna Mantzaris’ Unhinged Comedy About Desperately Wanting Love"Please don't let me die alone."

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Text • Kate Mothes

A Visual Cacophony of People, Places, and Things Fill Chris Millar’s Mixed-Media Paintings

A Visual Cacophony of People, Places, and Things Fill Chris Millar’s Mixed-Media PaintingsMillar's meticulous mixed-media works conjure enigmatic contraptions and look-and-find books.

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Text • Kate Mothes

23,000-Square-Foot Clasping Arms Celebrate Community Resilience in Minneapolis

23,000-Square-Foot Clasping Arms Celebrate Community Resilience in MinneapolisHundreds of residents turned out in a demonstration of solidarity, resilience, and togetherness.

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Text • Kate Mothes

Animals and Ornament Emerge from Felted Wool in Holly Guertin’s Textiles

Animals and Ornament Emerge from Felted Wool in Holly Guertin’s TextilesGuertin summons moments of peace and reflection through felting, crochet, and embroidery.

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Text • Kate Mothes

Elliot McGucken Suspends Einstein’s ‘Light Cones’ Over Desert Expanses

Elliot McGucken Suspends Einstein’s ‘Light Cones’ Over Desert ExpansesThe sublime enigmas of nature form the basis of the physicist-photographer's explorations of landscape and light.

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Text • Grace Ebert

Lenka Clayton Reflects on Motherhood and Finding Connection in Everyday Objects

Lenka Clayton Reflects on Motherhood and Finding Connection in Everyday Objects"There is only connection in life," the artist says, "and my work is just looking at those connections, so that we can create a shared experience."

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Text • Kate Mothes

Construct Your Own Miniature Paper Brutalist Circuses with ‘Cirk’

Construct Your Own Miniature Paper Brutalist Circuses with ‘Cirk’The new book from David Navarro and Martyna Sobecka of Zupagrafika highlights a wide range of futuristic arenas.

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Text • Grace Ebert

In Guadalajara, a Ceramic Tile Mural Mimics a Sun-Drenched Ecosystem

In Guadalajara, a Ceramic Tile Mural Mimics a Sun-Drenched EcosystemThousands of handmade ceramic tiles form the collaborative "Shape of Movement."

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Text • Kate Mothes

David Daigle’s Elaborate Punch-Cut Paper Pieces Excavate Commercial Imagery

David Daigle’s Elaborate Punch-Cut Paper Pieces Excavate Commercial ImageryThe forthcoming show 'The Death of Beauty' at Track 16 investigates intersections of identity, desire, and consumer culture.

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Text • Kate Mothes

Willie Cole Traverses ‘Mind, Body, and Soul’ in Expressive Mixed Media Assemblages

Willie Cole Traverses ‘Mind, Body, and Soul’ in Expressive Mixed Media AssemblagesCole's imaginative sculptures tap into environmentalism, consumerism, and global traditions and histories.

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Text • Kate Mothes

Sour Soda Studio Depicts a Saccharine World Where Humans Have Lost Control

Sour Soda Studio Depicts a Saccharine World Where Humans Have Lost ControlThe illustrator takes a playful and slightly unsettling view of some of the most pressing issues of the Anthropocene.

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Text • Kate Mothes

Surreal Figures Step from Leonora Carrington’s Paintings into ‘Shape of Dreams’

Surreal Figures Step from Leonora Carrington’s Paintings into ‘Shape of Dreams’The prolific artist's oeuvre extends far beyond the two-dimensional surface.

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Text • Kate Mothes

‘State Fairs: Growing American Craft’ Surveys Agriculture, Ingenuity, and Community

‘State Fairs: Growing American Craft’ Surveys Agriculture, Ingenuity, and CommunityFrom cows sculpted out of butter to seed art and crazy foods, ingenuity is as much a part of the tradition as showcasing time-honored practices.

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Text • Jackie Andres

Diana Beltrán Herrera’s Embroidered Paper Sculptures Mimic Plants and Wildlife

Diana Beltrán Herrera’s Embroidered Paper Sculptures Mimic Plants and Wildlife"Thread becomes a way of drawing, connecting, and constructing forms," the artist says.

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Text • Kate Mothes

Children’s Imaginations Run Wild in Taekhan Yun’s Collaborative Design Workshops

Children’s Imaginations Run Wild in Taekhan Yun’s Collaborative Design Workshops"Children, in particular, tend to view objects with a freedom that is less constrained by function, convention, or rules," Yun says.

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Text • Kate Mothes

Ant Hamlyn Taps into the Optimism of Y2K in Squished Floral Sculptures

Ant Hamlyn Taps into the Optimism of Y2K in Squished Floral SculpturesHis playful, cartoonish works compress stuffed polyurethane flowers between acrylic panels.

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Text • Jackie Andres

Tamara Dean Blurs the Boundary Between Bodies and Natural Landscapes

Tamara Dean Blurs the Boundary Between Bodies and Natural LandscapesThe photographer is driven by a desire to "explore the reality that humans are not separate from nature, but intrinsically part of it."

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Text • Kate Mothes

Annalise Gratovich’s Life-Size Woodcuts Meld Nature, Memory, and Ukrainian Heritage

Annalise Gratovich’s Life-Size Woodcuts Meld Nature, Memory, and Ukrainian HeritageThe artist's giant woodcuts are on view this month at Hecho a Mano in Santa Fe.

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The .ART Award Honors the Story Behind the Artwork

The .ART Award Honors the Story Behind the ArtworkThe .ART Award includes a $15,000 Grand Prize, residencies at Château du Fresne in France and Anfitrion in Spain, and more.

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Text • Christopher Jobson

‘Big Walk’ Is a New Video Game about … Walking and Talking

‘Big Walk’ Is a New Video Game about … Walking and TalkingThe antithesis of Fortnite or Grand Theft Auto.

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Text • Grace Ebert

Delcy Morelos Tends to Sepulchral Installations in a Divine Connection to the Land

Delcy Morelos Tends to Sepulchral Installations in a Divine Connection to the Land"Many people believe they are in a bubble, and that is why they can do things that harm nature, harm others, and also harm themselves."

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Text • Kate Mothes

‘Women in Trees’ Celebrates a Quirky Collection of Anonymous Snapshots

‘Women in Trees’ Celebrates a Quirky Collection of Anonymous SnapshotsSwiss newspaper Züricher Tagesanzeiger asked, "What are they all doing up there?"

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Text • Kate Mothes

Natural Dyes Merge with Mixed Media in Annalise Neil’s Dreamy Cyanotypes

Natural Dyes Merge with Mixed Media in Annalise Neil’s Dreamy Cyanotypes"Matter is memory, and memory is a medium," Neil says.

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Text • Grace Ebert

Domestic Arrangements Unfold in Kristof Santy’s Vivid Paintings

Domestic Arrangements Unfold in Kristof Santy’s Vivid PaintingsKnown for his vibrant palettes and flattened perspectives, Kristof Santy translates common sights and everyday objects into vivid tableaux.

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Text • Kate Mothes

Divination, the Renaissance, and Surrealism Commingle in ‘Tarot!’

Divination, the Renaissance, and Surrealism Commingle in ‘Tarot!’The Morgan Library & Museum presents 'Tarot! Renaissance Symbols, Modern Visions' and delves into this centuries-old tradition of divination.

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Text • Jackie Andres

Brendon Burton’s Enigmatic Photographs Preserve Traces of North American Life

Brendon Burton’s Enigmatic Photographs Preserve Traces of North American LifeAny idea who was here?

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Text • Kate Mothes

‘Hold to This Earth’ Surveys the Abundance of American Indigenous Contemporary Art

‘Hold to This Earth’ Surveys the Abundance of American Indigenous Contemporary ArtThe show of pieces from the Tia Collection opening next week at Yorkshire Sculpture Park features nearly 70 works by 38 artists.

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Text • Grace Ebert

Cacti and Clouds Glitch in Alexis Mata’s Fantastical Landscapes

Cacti and Clouds Glitch in Alexis Mata’s Fantastical Landscapes'Lost Landing' features Alexis Mata's glitched landscapes in which familiar terrain appears otherworldly.

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Text • Kate Mothes

‘MIZU’ Contemplates Fragility and Impermanence in a Poignant Dance with an Ice Puppet

‘MIZU’ Contemplates Fragility and Impermanence in a Poignant Dance with an Ice PuppetÉlise Vigneron of Théâtre de L'entrouvert and Satchie Noro of Companie Furankaï join forces for performances all summer long.

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Text • Grace Ebert

A Poetic Short Film Animates the Counterproductive Forces of Incarceration

A Poetic Short Film Animates the Counterproductive Forces of Incarceration"I believe the purpose of an artist is to move the crowd," writer Marvin Wade says.

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