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March 6, 2020

Find Your Astrological Demon in This Rare Guide on Persian Mysticism

In Princeton’s Department of Rare Books and Special Collections lies an illustrated manuscript on magic and astrology from Iran that includes 56 painted illustrations of demons and angels.

Hakim Bishara

Sonia Gomes’s Sewn and Twisted Traces of History

The artist’s act of pulling materials apart and stitching them into a new form creates a tangible bridge between the past and the present.

Cleo Abramian

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272 Museums Join Social Media Campaign to Promote Women Artists

With the hashtag #5WomenArtists, the National Museum of Women in the Arts is leading the charge in sharing stories and works by women artists.

New York Spring 2020 Art Guides and Where to Find Them

You can pick up a print edition of our guide at any of the following locations.

Hundreds Demand Cuban Government to Free Detained Artist

Cuban artist Luis Manuel Otero Alcántara, who was arrested last Sunday while on his way to an anti-censorship protest, could face between two and five years in prison.

Sotheby’s 2019 Private Sales Near $1B; San Antonio Museum Acquires Contemporary Latin American Art

Also, Armory Week 2020 moves forward in New York, ARCOmadrid closed with strong sales, and more.

Spring/Break Art Show Is a Work of Art Worth Diving Into

Titled In Excess, this year’s Spring/Break is brimming with projects that deepen and extend a feeling of immersion by being hallucinatory, obsessive, and ravishing.

Seph Rodney

As Local Media Dies, Community Meme Pages Keep the Spirits of Cities Alive

Online spaces embody Aldo Rossi’s view of the city as “the collective memory of its people.”

Justine Smith

A Rediscovered Nancy Holt Documentary From 1970

The short documentary Utah Sequences, previously thought to be lost, purely displays Nancy Holt’s vision of time and place.

Hikmet Sidney Loe

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Spring Cleaning Bingo for Artists

From that disgusting kneaded eraser to paper too nice to ever use.

Jack Sjogren

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