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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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.
The first show of the artist’s work in the UK is both a celebration and an act of historical correction.
An ancient “megalography” comprises a cycle of paintings with nearly life-size figures.
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Rarely performed today, ‘Triadic Ballet’ is a striking, playful dance structured around groups of three.
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See socially and politically engaged art, Trenton Doyle Hancock paired with Philip Guston, plus geometric abstraction and some medieval treasures.
With generous, sharp humor, Hancock and Guston show us through their art how venial and self-deceiving we have become.
The US deployed the largest aerial bombardment in history during the Vietnam War. Here, the artist tells the plaintive story of those unexploded weapons.
Alternately ominous and transcendent, Doug Aitken’s panoramic Lightscape cycles through scenes of human movement enthralled by highways and city streets.
The inspiration for Xu’s porcelain sculptures has its origins in the building blocks of all life.
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