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Artist Mika Tajima on the ‘Larger-Than-Life Contradiction’ of Wellness in the Age of Technology

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The artist's works are now on view in "Super Natural" at the Hill Art Foundation, New York. The post Artist Mika Tajima on the ‘Larger-Than-Life Contradiction’ of Wellness in the Age of Technology appeared first on Artnet News.

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3 Works by Pioneering Artist Rebecca Horn That Changed Contemporary Art

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Through performance, sculpture, and installation, Horn explored what it is to inhabit a body in our technological age. The post 3 Works by Pioneering Artist Rebecca Horn That Changed Contemporary Art appeared first on Artnet News.

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Alex Janvier, visionary First Nations artist based in Canada, has died, aged 89

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A prolific painter helped open doors for contemporary artists at a time when Indigenous art was often confined to ethnographic museums

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Art and Science Collide: The Beauty of Scientific Instruments Through the Ages

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From the intricate designs and beautiful functionality of ancient astrolabes to the ornate craftsmanship of Renaissance telescopes, and the sleek modernism of personal cameras, the evolution of scientific instruments has provided a fascinating meeting point between aesthetic and functional precision through the ages.

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‘You must walk close to the edge’—the pioneering German artist Rebecca Horn dies, aged 80

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Horn maintained a powerful drawing strand that supported her innovative conceptual sculpture practice around the human body in installations, performances and photographs

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Leading New York gallerist Barbara Gladstone has died, aged 89

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The dealer, who died in Paris “after a brief illness”, represented many of the most ambitious contemporary artists of the past half-century

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Audrey Flack, a pioneer of Photorealism, has died, aged 93

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A survey of the artist's work from the last four years of her life, will be on view at the Parrish Art Museum this autumn

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