February 12, 2020
Your Concise Guide to Los Angeles Frieze Week 2020
Your guide to a weeklong cavalcade of openings, performances, talks, and events, anchored by the titular fair.
Matt Stromb
Using AI to Question What Art Is
Lawrence Lek’s AIDOL tells the story of an AI composer making music in a world rendered in video game graphics.
Matt Turner
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Karyn Olivier: Everything That’s Alive Moves, on View at ICA Philadelphia Through May 10
A solo exhibition of large-scale sculptures by Karyn Olivier explores the emotional weight of monuments at the Institute of Contemporary Art at the University of Pennsylvania.
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Trump Threatens to Eliminate the National Endowment for the Arts, Again
The 2021 budget proposal labels the NEA, as well as National Endowment for the Humanities, under the category of “wasteful and unnecessary funding.”
Chile Declines Invitation to Spanish Art Fair Because of “Social Unrest,” Prompting Backlash
Chile’s artistic community is criticizing the country’s recent decision to forego ARCOmadrid in 2021, arguing the government wants to censor artists who would air its human rights transgressions abroad.
Amazon Quietly Scrubs Nazi Books From Digital Shelves
The company has eliminated books by white supremacists, including former leader of the Ku Klux Klan, David Duke, and the founder of the American Nazi Party, George Lincoln Rockwell, from its site.
Rothko Chapel Will Reopen in June
The Houston chapel, which features 14 works by painter Mark Rothko, has been closed since March of last year for renovations and to expand its campus.
Questioning the Future of Architecture Education as Frank Lloyd Wright’s Taliesin School Closes
With Taliesin closing after 88 years in operation, architects are considering other models for educating young people in the field, as well as more sustainable ways to honor Frank Lloyd Wright’s legacy
An Early Peek Inside the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures
As Tom Hanks announced at the Oscars, the museum opens December of this year, the result of a 90-year quest by the Academy to create a museum dedicated to their art and industry.
Carman Tse
The Political Provocations of a Maverick Japanese Documentarian
Kazuo Hara’s epic Reiwa Uprising, screening at Doc Fortnight, follows members of a new progressive political party trying to shake up the system.
Serena Scateni
Artists-In-Residence at the Studio Museum Open Their Doors to the Public
The open studios event offers a rare opportunity to see works in progress by E. Jane, Naudline Pierre, and Elliot Reed before their upcoming exhibition at MoMA PS1.
Valentina Di Liscia
A Minimalist Take on Medea Delivers Maximal Drama
In Simon Stone’s adaptation, the conflict is not cultural but psychological, and viewers can’t help but empathize with her.
Angelica Frey
Explore Ancient Athens Online Through 3D Models, Created by One Animator Over 12 Years
“3D is an amazing tool to simulate what people who lived 2,500 years ago might have experienced while walking around Athens,” says photographer and animator Dimitris Tsalkanis.
Sarah Rose Sharp
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