A younger generation of Asian Americans are fighting to keep the history and culture of the Manhattan neighborhood alive — and for the very idea of what an ethnic enclave can be.
Tag: Art
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Fernando Botero, Artist of Whimsical Rotundity, Is Dead at 91
His voluptuous figures, in both paintings and sculpture, portrayed the high and mighty as well as everyday people through a magical-realist prism.
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Until 3183 A.D., The ‘Time Pyramid’ Is a Work in Progress
The “Time Pyramid” is being assembled slowly by the residents of a German town, who can scarcely imagine the world in which the artwork will be completed.
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Fiber Art Is Finally Being Taken Seriously
Long caught in the liminal space between craft and something more prestigious, works of thread and fabric are reaching newfound institutional recognition.