Like a bull in a terracotta shop, a tourist reportedly smashes 2000-year-old clay warriors at a mausoleum in China.
| Like a bull in a terracotta shop, a tourist reportedly smashes 2000-year-old clay warriors at a mausoleum in China. Meanwhile, a street artist in the United Kingdom paints cute Dachshunds over transphobic billboard ads. Just a typical day in these unhinged times.
In our Pride Month series, read about the distinctive legacy of Alice Austen, a pioneering queer American street photographer who captured the lives of young women of the Victorian era.
Also today: Alex Paik on a group show of artists from the Asian diaspora and Matt Stromberg with a list of the best art exhibitions to see in Los Angeles this summer. — Hakim Bishara, Managing Editor | | |
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| | The Alice Austen House Museum in Staten Island is preparing to receive thousands of images and negatives by the iconic artist who defied 19th-century gender norms. | Isa Farfan |
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IN THE NEWS | | | A museum visitor reportedly damaged two sculptures in the famous third-century “Terracotta Army” in the Mausoleum of the First Qin Emperor. | Isa Farfan |
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| | | Street artist Yaya decided to counter the UK ad campaign’s bigoted message with “something absurd that couldn’t offend anyone.” | Rhea Nayyar |
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ART IN LA | | | Jeffrey Gibson’s ebullient beadwork, Luchita Hurtado’s restitched canvases, Black cowboy history, Barbara T. Smith’s photocopy experimentation, and more to see this season. | Matt Stromberg |
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| | | A group exhibition focuses on the fragmented nature of identity and the circular loop of external and internal feedback involved in self-image creation. | Alex Paik |
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SPONSORED | | | | | This work of experimental dance theater at Philadelphia’s Schuylkill Center for Environmental Education is performed by a multi-generational ensemble of women and femme dancers. Learn more |
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WEAVERS UP CLOSE | | | “That’s what traditional Navajo weaving is: an interpretation of your environment,” the Diné artist told Hyperallergic in an interview. | Elaine Velie |
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| | | Dienst wrests playfulness and movement from the warp and weft of weaving. | Sarah Rose Sharp |
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IN MEMORIAM | | Barry Fantoni (1940–2025)
Satirical cartoonist, illustrator, and writer | Guardian
Qarani Jamil (1954–2025)
Kurdish contemporary painter | Kurdistan 24
Herbert Migdoll (1934–2025)
Ballet photographer and designer | New York Times
Porter Williams (1942–2025)
Sculptor and civil rights activist | Dakota News NowHugo Zapata (1945–2025)
Colombian sculptor | City Paper Bógota |
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