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Art Focus: Classical Aesthetics in a Post-Ironic Era
Slip House, the brand new gallery opened at the base of a 19th-century, three-story former carriage house at 246 East 5th Street.
EAST VILLAGE—Every two decades is a response to the previous two. After decades of irony, the purposeful ugliness of the 80s and 90s (“Anything that’s... Text by Cici Thompson.
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Goings On: Art Openings In May
Richard Hawkins. New Paintings at Greene Naftali in New York
NEW YORK—Between fairs and the official listings and the soft-launches in someone’s cousin’s Chinatown loft, May represents an upward swing. Skip the overload and go... Text by Marguerite de Ponty.
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Language of Bamboo: Tradition and Innovation at Gucci’s Bamboo Encounters
Image courtesy of Gucci.
MILAN—Italy’s long affection for bamboo can be glimpsed beyond fashion and design. Franco Maria Ricci’s Labirinto della Masone, the sprawling bamboo maze outside Parma, stands... Text by Cici Thompson.
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Pol Taburet Transforms a Landmark in Madrid
Pol Taburet, Desire and Stones (detail), 2025. Acrylics, alcohol-based paint, and oil pastel on canvas, 250 × 190 cm. Courtesy of the artist and Mendes Wood DM. Photo: Romain Darnaud.
MADRID—French-Guadeloupean artist Pol Taburet makes his Spanish debut in Oh, If Only I Could Listen, a site-specific exhibition staged inside Madrid’s historic Pabellón de los... Text by Edward Bellow.
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Five Questions for Greek Fashion Designer Kostas Murkudis
Photo by Martina Borsche
I think turbo-capitalism is destroying what we have painfully achieved as a species over recent decades. Text by Kostas Murkudis.
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Basel: All For Sale
Painting by Maaike Schoorel
Located in the stunning, spaceship-like expo of Messeplatz, Art Basel faces Design Miami, another expo for the rich and curious, displaying furniture and aesthetic products... Text by Madina Tulakova.
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Review: Venice Art No. 60
Editra in Venice, Italy.
VENICE—The Biennale, Stranieri ovunque, is a mirror this year. "You judge, you gossip, you wash it all down with Prosecco. Have you seen the Uzbekistan... Text by Simona Alberi.
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