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A Public Park Becomes a Stop-Motion Mural
Cameron Meade |

Brooklyn-based artist David Ellis has (once again) taken to the streets.

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Images of the Week
Ella Mitchell |
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Expressive hands, angry aristocrats, and leaping cats.

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More Than Words: Tauba Auerbach Dissects Language
Spencer Nelson |
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The talented Tauba Auerbach shows off at MoMA next to John Lennon and William S. Burroughs.

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Meet Europe's Most Influential Photographers
Spencer Nelson |
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The Photographers’ Gallery showcases the quartet of shortlisted artists selected for its annual international honor.

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Online Images Stitched into Gloomy Landscapes
Tiffany Jow |
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Chilling architectural images sourced from the internet are the ingredients for these cool structures.

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Rooted in Nature: Ellsworth Kelly's Plant Drawings
Cameron Meade |
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Ellsworth Kelly, who counts both Matisse and Audubon as influences, shows us how abstract painting relates to nature.

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A Photographer Warps Landscapes
Tiffany Jow |
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Randy Scott Slavin transforms iconic landscapes into loopy panoramic views.

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Images of the Week
Ella Mitchell |
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We owe our visions of the future to the relatively unknown artist and engineer Syd Mead. Menna Aden photographs personal spaces from a lightbulb’s perspective. Cai Guo Qiang’s explosions rival the accidental Fourth of July fireball unleashed by the city of San Diego. Ken Solomon immortalizes the Facebook pages of other guys named Ken Solomon. A student activist lights up a cigar at the president of Columbia University’s desk.

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Is This What Your Bedroom Looks Like to the CIA?
Georgina Wells |
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Menno Aden’s photographs of interior spaces are a creepy window into what invasion of privacy looks like.

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Untangling Persian Identity in the Pages of Vintage Playboy Magazines
Georgina Wells |
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When she was twelve years old, Panni Malekzadeh found her father’s stash of Playboy magazines buried in the closet. The experience fueled her sensual portrait paintings of young Persian women.

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Portraits of a Digital Age
Tiffany Jow |
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You see a Facebook profile page, results from a Google Image search, or a YouTube video reel. Ken Solomon sees a work of art.

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A Virtual Gallery Resurrects Lost Art
Tiffany Jow |
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An addictive new website unpacks the stories behind lost works of art from the last century.

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