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Atmospheric by Malcolm Daniel
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"It's not about the particular place, it's about a state of mind."
Malcolm Daniel
April 10, 2013
Grid of six artworks spanning 5,000 years of art history
January 24, 2013
Drama by Peter Barnet
Video
"The power that this sculpture has is precisely in the fact that it's not always concerned with naturalism and it's really concerned with telling a story."
Peter Barnet
April 17, 2013
Dedicated to Myself by Doug Eklund
Video
"The entire album is an exercise in exploring what the pictures mean to him and what people’s relationships to photographs can tell us."
Douglas Eklund
March 13, 2013
collage of a harlem block with two buildings. A jazz band plays and children also play on the street.
How does the rediscovery of an audio component for Romare Bearden’s monumental collage transform our understanding of it?
Lauren Rosati
February 22, 2024
Photo image of The Great Hall of the Met, with hanging calligraphy paintings
Learn how the artist’s Great Hall Commission utilizes the idiosyncrasy of calligraphy to foster a broad, inclusive dialogue.
Lesley Ma
February 28
Paris-New York by Peter Kenny
Video
"It wasn't for poker at night with the boys."
September 10, 2013
Breakthrough by Thomas P. Campbell
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"Faded as it is, damaged as it is, it still almost moves me to tears that it survives."
Thomas P. Campbell
October 2, 2013
Healer by Jim Draper
Video
"What may initially look like a few blobs, upon contemplation, turns into a family story."
May 1, 2013
Predator by Fiona Kidd
Video
"So rarely do we get a real snapshot of an individual."
Fiona Kidd
November 26, 2013