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"Vivamos Siempre Como Hermanos" by Feng-Feng Yeh and the Chinese Chorizo Project at the Tucson Art Museum.

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Before urban renewal, Tucson had 100 Chinese grocery stores. One is back as art.

Matthew Wexler Oct 12, 2026 0

Feng-Feng Yeh’s Chinese grocery store installation at the Tucson Museum of Art revives a borderland story of Chinese and Mexican…

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At ARTECHOUSE DC’s ‘SUBMERGE Project,’ interactive art levels up

Teniola Ayoola Oct 1, 2026 0

ARTECHOUSE DC's 'SUBMREGE Project' invites you to sculpt, quiz AI philosophers, and send neon space junk flying.

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40 buffalo puppets are about to go free-range across New York City

By Editors Aug 28, 2026 0

Forty life-size buffalo puppets will roam Lower Manhattan and Downtown Brooklyn, Sept. 18–19. Route, artists, and where to stand.

Agosto Machado, Downtown (Altar), 2024. Pins, matchbooks, mirror, and papier-mâché; plastic and metal objects; book (Theater of the Ridiculous), photograph, jewelry, bananaflavored straw packets, New York City subway tokens; and original artworks by Arch Connelly, Thomas Lanigan-Schmidt, and Gilda Pervin. Collection of Jane Hait. © Agosto Machado. Image courtesy the artist and Gordon Robichaux, NY. Photography by Greg Carideo

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Before the Whitney Biennial closes, don’t miss the shrines of street queen Agosto Machado

Matthew Wexler Aug 1, 2026 0

Agosto Machado spent decades building altars to a vanished queer New York. Find his tribute inside the Whitney Biennial before…

Fort Worth Botanic Garden: Sean Kenney's Nature POP! Made with LEGO Bricks

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Brick by brick: Over 40 LEGO beasts take over Fort Worth’s Botanic Garden

By Joey Held, Good Info Newswire Jul 2, 2026 0

Sean Kenney's LEGO menagerie has taken over Fort Worth Botanic Garden. Over sculptures on view. Here's what to see first.

London Pierre Williams is among the 17 artists showcased in "Fade" at Studio Museum in Harlem.

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‘Fade’ at Studio Museum in Harlem finds power in the in-between

Kelsey Minor May 26, 2026 0

'Fade' gathers 17 artists in Studio Museum in Harlem's new home and asks them to hold the in-between.

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Fridamania: Why 2026 is Frida Kahlo’s biggest year yet

Bil Browning May 7, 2026 0

Kahlo’s impact has reached global proportions, and this summer, Fridamania proves her allure is stronger than ever.

"Showstoppers: The Art of Stage and Screen" at Helicline Fine Art. (l-r) Meryl Streep in "Happy End" by Al Hirschfeld, "Opera Box" by William Gropper," and a costume design for Diana Ross by Bob Mackie.

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Bob Mackie, Edith Head, and a bronze Michael Jackson walk into a gallery

Jude Cramer Mar 11, 2026 0

Showstoppers at Helicline Fine Art brings stage and screen design into the gallery—Irene Sharaff, Jo Mielziner, and 43 other reasons…

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Why ‘Matisse’s Jazz’ hits different in 2026

Lauren Emily Whalen Mar 9, 2026 0

Why does a 1947 art book feel urgent in 2026? "Matisse's Jazz: Rhythms in Color" at the Art Institute of…

"Among the Willows," from "Bishkisché," 2023. Wendy Red Star (Apsáalooke/Crow, b. 1981).

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Less talk, more gallery space: CMA shows what celebrating Indigenous artists actually looks like

Jude Cramer Feb 3, 2026 0

CMA's exhibit "still/emerging" is the follow-through every land acknowledgment should aspire to: less performative, more wall space.

Before urban renewal, Tucson had 100 Chinese grocery stores. One is back as art.

At ARTECHOUSE DC’s ‘SUBMERGE Project,’ interactive art levels up

40 buffalo puppets are about to go free-range across New York City

Before the Whitney Biennial closes, don’t miss the shrines of street queen Agosto Machado

Brick by brick: Over 40 LEGO beasts take over Fort Worth’s Botanic Garden

‘Fade’ at Studio Museum in Harlem finds power in the in-between

Fridamania: Why 2026 is Frida Kahlo’s biggest year yet

Bob Mackie, Edith Head, and a bronze Michael Jackson walk into a gallery

Why ‘Matisse’s Jazz’ hits different in 2026

Less talk, more gallery space: CMA shows what celebrating Indigenous artists actually looks like

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