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A Millennial Weaver Carries a Centuries-Old Craft Forward

Spiders are weavers. The Navajo artist and weaver Melissa Cody knows this palpably. As she sits cross-legged on sheepskins at…

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Indigenous Artists Are the Heart of the Venice Biennale

Here are highlights of the range of work produced by Native artists in the pavilions and a central exhibition that…

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In the Nigeria Pavilion, Criticism Meets Optimism

The group show “Nigeria Imaginary” will be one of the most ambitious African presentations ever at the Venice Biennale.

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A New Way of Looking at the Nude

The artists redefining portraits of the human body for a more inclusive age.

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Serra’s ‘Splash’: A Public Artist’s Private Breakthrough

Serra spattered a pot of molten lead against the base of a wall in Jasper Johns’s home. Then he let…

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Serra’s ‘Splash’: A Public Artist’s Private Breakthough

Serra spattered a pot of molten lead against the base of a wall in Jasper Johns’s home. Then he let…

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When Richard Serra’s Steel Curves Became a Memorial

The sculptor had a breakthrough in the late 1990s with his torqued metal rings. Then the attack on the World…

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Meet One of America’s Most Elusive Artists

Joan Jonas’s maximalist, category-defying work combines video, performance, folklore, sculpture and ecology. At 87, she still has no intention of…

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In Art, Migrants Weave Memories of Their Great Escape

At Apexart, an exhibition by Venezuelan migrants offers “a chance to be a part of something again, to return to…

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How Does a Day Job Affect an Artist’s Work? This Exhibition Has an Idea

Plus: an installation in an Indian palace, a farm shop in upstate New York — and more recommendations from T…

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