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Isabella Segalovich
Isabella Segalovich is a Philadelphia-based artist, designer, writer, and TikTokker. Her work focuses on anti-authoritarian art history, on topics such as cultural appropriation and erasure, the racism ingrained in modern design, and underappreciated art forms such as folk art, embroidery, and graffiti. Follow her on TikTok and on Instagram @interstellar_isabellar.
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The Hopeful Light of the Synagogue of Gwoździec
After the devastation of the Chmielnicki Massacres, there began an outpouring of mysticism and a steadfast commitment to joy in the face of hopelessness.
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10 New York City Shows to See in November
Alvin Ailey, Jesse Krimes, Tina Girouard, Aboriginal bark painting, and more.
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The Farm Art Festival Where You Can See Tractors Do Ballet
Farm/Art DTour, a 50-mile circuit of art installations in Wisconsin’s Sauk County, challenges visitors’ assumptions about the “rural-urban” or “red-blue” divide.
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12 Art Shows to See in Chicago This Fall
Usher in autumn with Leasho Johnson’s aqueous abstraction, iconic Windy City protest art, John Akomfrah’s elegy for the environment, stunning works on paper by Haegue Yang, and more.
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Did Art History Predict the Rise of Moo Deng?
Just as memes of the viral hippo range from sweet to spooky, art history is rich with terrifying, adorable, and bizarre depictions of the amphibious creatures.
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Five Roadside Folk Art Wonders in Rural Wisconsin
Countless displays of intense and idiosyncratic brilliance are nestled in the grassy hills of the Midwest state.
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Six Art Shows to Visit in Philadelphia This Fall
Keep election-season woes at bay with masterworks of Black portraiture, musings on a Persian epic poem, Mickalene Thomas’s first international traveling solo show, and more.
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First Exhibition of Georgia O’Keeffe’s New York Paintings Now on View in Chicago
Overlooked by NY institutions and the male art world, the artist’s experimental depictions of skyscrapers get their own exhibition a century later.
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The High-Drama Kabuki Portraits of an Enigmatic Artist
An exhibition at the Art Institute of Chicago features over 30 of Tōshūsai Sharaku’s rarely shown ukiyo-e prints exemplifying the classic Japanese theater genre.
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Wall-to-Wall Walz at the Minnesota State Fair Seed Art Show
Local artists get political in painstakingly crafted mosaics at the only state fair crop art display in the United States.
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The Serious Joy of Joyce J. Scott’s Beaded Art
The decorative allure of Scott’s textile and beaded creations seduces viewers into her sharp critiques of racism, misogyny, and other social ills.