Painting

SEE // We're Never Getting Rescued with That Attitude
Sola Agustsson |
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The artist, sequestered in his studio, meets the desert island as eroticized in Playboy magazine.

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KNOW // Nic Rad's Studio Fridays
Molly O'Brien |
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Bloggable images and deep thoughts from a social media art champion.

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BUY // That Girl, Those Shoes, and That Dress // Courtney Murphy
Molly O'Brien |
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Like the Winged Victory, only more glamorous (and more orange).

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SEE // Blues for Smoke
Sola Agustsson |
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The blues encompasses more than the melancholic rhythms of Robert Johnson or the husky lyrics of John Lee Hooker.

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SEE // Downtown Icon Jean-Michel Basquiat at Gagosian
Sola Agustsson |
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Jean-Michel Basquiat, precocious and self-destructive painter, street artist, and musician, was fated to have a brief but momentous life.

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SEE // A New Lens on the Female Body // Joan Semmel
Alexandra Kleiman |
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An octogenarian feminist painter combats sexism.

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KNOW // NYC Will Turn You into a Razor Blade // Harif Guzman
Sola Agustsson, Lindsey Grothkopp |
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Harif Guzman’s collages stave off the calamity of the city.

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BUY // New Orleans Blues, Cadillacs, and Debauchery // Hudson Marquez
Sola Agustsson |
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An endearing portrait of New Orleans’ eccentric and bizarre cast of characters.

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SEE // Liberating Mona Lisa // Andrea Mary Marshall
Jarrett Moran |
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The Mona Lisa in a transparent dress and cat eye sunglasses.

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SEE // David Lynch Inspires Artists to Confront the Abyss
Sola Agustsson |
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Nine artists confront The Black Lodge from David Lynch’s Twin Peaks.

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KNOW // Painting in Coversation // R.H. Quaytman
Jarrett Moran |
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If paintings can be windows, R.H. Quaytman’s paintings are windows into the artist’s ongoing conversation with herself and with art history.

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SEE // A Tribute to the King of Pop (Art) // Roy Lichtenstein
Sarah Bondoc |
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Roy Lichtenstein: A Retrospective displays over one hundred popular paintings, drawings, and sculptures from throughout Lichtenstein’s career.

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