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May 4, 2020

How Women Helped Revolutionize the Art of Printmaking

A new book examines the collective Atelier 17, whose members redefined beliefs about gender identity and artistic achievement in the 1940s and ’50s.

Joanne B. Mulcahy

Barbie’s Back, as Basquiat?

The latest from Mattel suggests another 20th-century artist has become just a recognizable style easily packaged for kids.

Hrag Vartanian

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Tulsa NoiseFest Goes Virtual With Local Artist-Musicians

Viewers are invited to tune in to the performance series Local Access, featuring experimental artist-musicians in Tulsa, OK every night at 8 pm (CST), May 4–8, 2020.

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As #CancelRent Movement Grows in NYC, Two Artists Start Their Own Strike

When their Brooklyn building failed to offer tenants protections, artists Alina Tenser and Gabo Camnitzer took matters into their own hands.

Lion Statues at Art Institute of Chicago Get Face Masks, One Stolen Immediately

The masks are meant to encourage Chicagoans to wear face coverings when out in public.

“Missing Sounds of New York” Brings the City to Your Headphones

The New York Public Library has released a playlist of sounds that take us back to pre-pandemic days in the city that never sleeps.

Live Blogging Discussions on Fossil Fuel Abolition and Representations of Gender in the Arts

Check out Hyperallergic’s live report of day five of the Common Field Convening.

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The Bennett Prize’s Call for Entries Is Now Open

Women figurative realist painters have until October 16 to enter to win $50,000 and a traveling solo exhibition of their work.

A View From the Easel During Times of Quarantine

This week, artists reflect on quarantining from their studios in Nova Scotia, Philadelphia, Au Train, Atlantic Highlands, and Sonoma.

Elisa Wouk Almino

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