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    From Two Tons of Celadon, Jean Shin Sculpts a Metaphor for the Korean Diaspora

    Jean Shin’s ‘Celadon Landscape’ presents large-scale vessels made of the lustrous green-blue material.
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    Tugboat Printshop Marks 20 Years of Making Meticulously Crafted Woodblock Prints

    When Valerie Lueth of Tugboat Printshop sets out to make a woodblock print, it’s rare that she only uses a single block.
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    Arghavan Khosravi Breaks Through Gendered Restrictions in Her Architectural Portraits

    Arghavan Khosravi grapples with the structures and ideological strictures that shape our lives.
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    Nasher Museum’s ‘Everything Now All At Once’ Celebrates Diversity, Resilience, and Joy

    Duke University’s art museum exhibits dozens of works from Nick Cave, Ai Weiwei, Nina Chanel Abney, Wangechi Mutu, and many others.
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    Blood-Red Landscapes by Andrew McIntosh Conjure the Terrifying Unknown

    Typically gravitating toward dreamy palettes of soft blues, grays, and oranges, Andrew McIntosh opts for a sanguine red.
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    At Joy Machine, ‘Feel Free’ Plumbs the Tension Between Chaos and Control

    Autonomy or control may be fantasies rather than concrete realities. In ‘Feel Free,’ we witness four artists grappling with this enduring paradox.
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    Faig Ahmed Weaves Mysticism, Science, Technology, and Craft into ‘The Attention’

    At the 61st Venice Biennale, Ahmed expands upon his interest in the dialectic between digital processes and hand-crafted techniques.
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