An Artist Who Calls the Sanitation Department Home
Mierle Laderman Ukeles, the unsalaried artist in residence for the New York Department of Sanitation, is having a retrospective at the Queens Museum.
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CreditJustin T. Gellerson for The New York Times David Adjaye on Designing a Museum That Speaks a Different Language
The designer of the Museum of African American History and Culture discusses the project, its structure, setbacks and symbolism.
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CreditLexey Swall for The New York Times The National Museum of African American History and Culture
A curated walk through the hallways of the newest Smithsonian museum before it opens next week. 13 years in the making, it attempts to depict the pain and pride of the black experience in America.
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CreditBanco de México Diego Rivera Frida Kahlo Museums Trust, Mexico, D.F./Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York In Art This Fall, Women Win in a Landslide
Female artists will be the focus of many important solo shows, including Mierle Laderman Ukeles, Carmen Herrera, Yayoi Kusama and Pipilotti Rist.
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CreditMarilyn Minter/Collection of Jeanne Greenberg Rohatyn and Nicolas Rohatyn Museums Embrace the Unfamiliar
Many exhibitions devoted to artists who are not white or male will define the coming year.
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Museum Review
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CreditLexey Swall for The New York Times Review: The Smithsonian African American Museum Is Here at Last. And It Uplifts and Upsets.
With an opening display of about 3,500 objects, the museum mixes everything together: It means you can’t just select a comfortable version of history.
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CreditAssociated Press Eisenhower Family Drops Objections to Memorial
Changes have been made to the design, helping to put the stalled project back on track for a 2019 dedication at the base of Capitol Hill, honoring the former president and general.
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CreditHeatherwick Studio Millions of Square Feet, Billions of Dollars: An Arts Universe Expands
While the years directly following the financial crisis were quiet ones for cultural construction, all that has changed, and not just in this country.
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CreditAlex Wroblewski/The New York Times Virginia Dwan, a Jet Age Medici, Gets Her Due
Ms. Dwan either represented, collected or sold the work of a cluster of important midcentury artists, almost all of them men.
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CreditDamian Griffiths/Courtesy of Maison Maison Non Fashion Honors Zaha Hadid With ‘Extraordinary Process’ Exhibition
An exhibit in London inspired by the approach of the architect, who died in March, considers how fashion and design are affected by technologies and collaborations.
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CreditJason Henry for The New York Times Want to Find Fulfillment at Last? Think Like a Designer
Two Silicon Valley veterans have been helping Stanford students navigate the future through their popular courses. Now they want to help you.
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CreditGordon Welters for The New York Times Jean Paul Gaultier’s Fantastical Imagination
The designer has taken over a theater in Berlin for “The One,” a Las Vegas-style revue featuring song, dance, special effects and acrobatics.
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CreditPrivate Collection, via RIJKSMUSEUM Rijksmuseum Attributes Six Works to a Dutch Old Master
New research leads the Rijksmuseum to conclude that six new works should be part of the canon of the little-known Dutch artist Hercules Segers.
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CreditAgaton Strom for The New York Times An Artist Redefines Power. With Sanitation Equipment.
The Queens Museum is hosting a retrospective of Mierle Laderman Ukeles who has spent nearly four decades as artist-in-residence with New York’s Department of Sanitation.
