Childhood

SEE // Tatyana Murray Escapes into the Woods
Manish Vora |
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A world between nightmare and fairy tale.

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SEE // Tragic Playtime
Sola Agustsson |
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Children reenact famous tragedies, including the 9/11 events, Abu Ghraib, and the Jonestown Massacre.

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BUY // Cheeky Posters from A-Z
Kat Herriman |
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Something is inexplicably charming about artist Mark McGinnis’s series of tongue-in-cheek A through Z posters.

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BUY // War Games // Fredericks and Mae
Kat Herriman |
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Reconnect with your inner child with this series of handcrafted games from the designers at Fredericks and Mae.

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BUY // A Pixelated Frida Kahlo for Your Wall
Kat Herriman |
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Frida Kahlo’s striking visage comes to life in a pixelated puzzle designed for your wall.

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KNOW // A Pioneering Chinese Artist // Lin Tianmiao
Sola Agustsson |
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Enter Lin Tianmiao’s ghostly wonderland.

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KNOW // Unauthorized MoMA Audio Tours from Experts Aged Three to Ten
Georgina Wells |
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It’s not uncommon to hear MoMA visitors claiming their child could make modern art. Audio Tour Hack thinks a child can analyze it, too.

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What Happens When You Let Schoolboys Loose in a Gallery?
Tiffany Jow |
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A group of primary school boys take on a sculpture exhibition, unattended.

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Monuments to Youth, the Beach, and Clubbing
Amanda Ryan |
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In the vein of Kehinde Wiley’s Renaissance-inspired paintings, Rineke Dijkstra creates monumental photos of ordinary people.

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Bringing Back Childhood Doodles
Zach Bell |
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Michael Scoggins appropriates the stuff of childhood scrawls, filtering them through a deadpan adult perspective.

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On the Origins of Creative Lives
Zach Bell |
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Chiara Clemente’s film series, Beginnings, shrewdly delves into the origins of creative lives. From Yoko Ono to Christian Louboutin, the shorts are deeply personal and specific, yet provide insight into the equally distinctive abilities and motivations of the viewer.

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A Ship of Tolerance Arrives in Havana
Alana Chloe Esposito |
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With its commanding presence and message of peace and unity, Ilya and Emilia Kabakov‘s Ship of Tolerance stands out amidst the other artworks at the eleventh annual Havana Biennial, which opened last month.

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