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Sneak peek: Leap Before You Look: Black Mountain College 1933-1957
Posted on August 12, 2015For your reading pleasure (and it is a pleasure): a sneak preview of an exciting, forthcoming book by Helen Molesworth, chief curator at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles. […] -
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Sneak Peek: David Getsy’s Abstract Bodies: Sixties Sculpture in the Expanded Field of Gender
Posted on July 24, 2015David Getsy’s new book, Abstract Bodies, is eye-opening; by applying the field of transgender studies to the discipline of art history, he offers a new and revelatory approach to long-standing debates […] -
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Roy Lichtenstein’s Love Affair with Chinese Landscape
Posted on August 3, 2012Follow @yaleARTbooks When we’re asked to envision pop art, we tend to think of an art form that draws its objects and ideas from commercial culture: advertising, celebrity, mass production, […] -
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Roots of the Japanese Visual Narrative
Posted on February 1, 2012Appreciation for graphic art and visual narrative is prevalent in Japanese pop culture from the fantastical animations of Hayao Miyazaki to page-turning manga comic books and cartoon anime characters appearing […] -
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Renovated Islamic Art Galleries Open at The Met
Posted on November 1, 2011Today, The Metropolitan Museum of Art reopens a suite of fifteen galleries devoted to Islamic Art, after an eight year renovation project. The new space will display 1,200 works of […]