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TOP: Art Basel 2019 exploring the galleries courtesy Art Basel; TOP LEFT: Doug Aitken, “Inside me”, aluminum, high density foam, resin, auto paint, acrylic mirror, 56 1/2” x 63 1/2” x 41”, 2018, presented by 303 Gallery, New York. BOTTOM RIGHT: Rudolf Stingel, “Untitled”,electroformed copper, plated nickel, stainless steel frame, 94 1/2” x 94 1/2” x 1 1/2”, 2016, presented by Sadie Coles HQ. (Both images by Nancy Nesvet).
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ART BASEL 2019 DAY THREE: GALLERIES, AND STATEMENTS

By Nancy Nesvet

The work in Galleries, the biggest sector of the Art Basel 2019 art fair, with 273 galleries displaying artwork, ranged from very bad to superlative. From large, childlike, messy, grease […]

Xu Zhen, Nirvana, installation, performance; sand, wood, acrylic, mixed materials, 2019, represented by Perrotin, Paris, France.
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ART BASEL SWITZERLAND 2019 DAY TWO: THE BEST OF UNLIMITED

By Nancy Nesvet

Unlimited, a sector of the Art Basel art fair, took up most of my second day there. Earlier in the day, at the Art Basel press conference, Marc Spiegler, the […]

(From top, counter clockwise) Rinus Van de Velde, ‘Prop, Flood, Roof’, 2018, courtesy of the artist and König Galerie; Cathy Wilkes, ‘Untitled’, 2018, courtesy of the artist and The Modern Institute; Lawrence Abu Hamdan, ‘The Recovered Manifesto of Wissam (inaudible)’, 2017, courtesy of the artist and Maureen Paley. All images courtesy Art Basel.
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ART BASEL 2019: FIRST DAY AT PARCOURS

By Nancy Nesvet

Amidst pouring rain, carefully walking on the cobblestones of the Messeplatz in Basel, Switzerland, I explored Parcours at Art Basel. The exhibits in buildings leading up to and surrounding the […]

Ahmed Hmeedat, “The Wall,” acrylic on canvas, 2018.
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Washington D.C.’s Newest Museum

By Nancy Nesvet

Encompassing the history, arts and culture of Palestinians, the Museum of the Palestinian People located at 1900 18th St. NW, near Dupont Circle is the newest museum to open in […]

Top: People’s Sculpture Race (Photograph by Adam Gooder). Bottom: Crowd at Past Cambridge Arts River Festival (Photograph by Jeremy Gaucher). Courtesy Cambridge Arts.
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CAMBRIDGE ARTS RIVER FESTIVAL RETURNS THIS SATURDAY JUNE 1

By Leah Hamilton French

The recent Memorial Day weekend, with its golden sun and warm weather, was a welcome respite after the long New England winter and a cold and rainy spring. I spent […]

Isaac Akiba and Brittany Stone in Yakobson’s “Rodin.” Photography by Igor Burlak Photography; courtesy of Boston Ballet.
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PRESCIENTLY MODERN RHAPSODY CLOSES BOSTON BALLET SEASON

By James Foritano

“Rhapsody”, which opened on May 16 and continues through June 9, is Boston Ballet’s end-of-the-season farewell to its fans and supporters before they return from the summer break. Appropriately, there […]

Nicole Eisenman, a sculpture part of her “Processional” installation on the roof of the Whitney Museum.
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COMMENTARY: THE BIENNIAL OF FEAR: THE WHITNEY BIENNIAL 2019

By Nancy Nesvet

The Whitney Biennial reputedly seeks to represent the tenor of current American art. Toward that end, this Whitney Biennial presents novel concepts at representation and abstraction that contemporize past formal […]

Martin Puryear, US representative at Venice Biennale 2019, “Liberty/Liberta,” 2019, at US pavilion, Giardini, Venice Biennale 2019.
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COMMENTARY: WARNINGS, TRUTH AND ART, VENICE BIENNALE 2019

By Nancy Nesvet

Art Matters. Artists matter. The world has become art’s domain. Culture unites us as art informs us of threats to our environment, governmental institutions and existence. Nearly all of the […]