Barbie Turns 65 at a Museum
From the original doll of 1959 to the Barbies of today, an exhibition tracks the life of an icon that just became a senior citizen.
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Hélène de Beauvoir Steps Out of Her Sister’s Shadow
The first show of the artist’s work in the UK is both a celebration and an act of historical correction.
Buried for Nearly 2,000 Years, a Monumental Dionysian Fresco Sees the Light of Day in Pompeii
An ancient “megalography” comprises a cycle of paintings with nearly life-size figures.
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Watch the Brilliant Ballet that Brought Dance to the Bauhaus Movement
Rarely performed today, ‘Triadic Ballet’ is a striking, playful dance structured around groups of three.
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Five NYC Art Shows to See This Week
See socially and politically engaged art, Trenton Doyle Hancock paired with Philip Guston, plus geometric abstraction and some medieval treasures.
Trenton Doyle Hancock and Philip Guston Seek Out the Enemy Within
With generous, sharp humor, Hancock and Guston show us through their art how venial and self-deceiving we have become.
Tuan Andrew Nguyen’s Ballad of the Bomb
The US deployed the largest aerial bombardment in history during the Vietnam War. Here, the artist tells the plaintive story of those unexploded weapons.
The Slouching Beast of Southern California
Alternately ominous and transcendent, Doug Aitken’s panoramic Lightscape cycles through scenes of human movement enthralled by highways and city streets.
Biological Cells and Chinese Ceramic Traditions Coalesce in Shiyuan Xu’s Porcelain Sculptures
The inspiration for Xu’s porcelain sculptures has its origins in the building blocks of all life.
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Artist Spotlight: Mengxuan Li
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