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• Native American art at home in London

  12-11-2016 19:06
  
  London is a city of firstsso its no surprise to see a new gallery open in the capital dedicated to both contemporary indigenous North American and European art. And there's another noteworthy aspect: The Baldwin Gallery, located in Blackheath, is based in a house owned by the gallery founder and creative director, Dennison Smith. Smith was inspired by living with the Navajo tribe and their understanding of art as who you are, where you live, and not as mere commodity; this lead he
  
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• Gun control? Softly does it: an artist's response to violence – in pictures

  12-11-2016 18:00
  
  New York-based artist Natalie Baxter addresses America’s polarising discussions of masculinity, violence and gun ownership through her series Warm Gun, a collection of quilts and fabrics shaped into automatic weaponry. “I’m taking a complicated, emotional debate and wrapping it up in a plush wrapper, making it easier to unpack,” she says. “Sewing emasculates these objects of destruction, turning them into droopy, impotent soft sculptures.” The work seems parti
  
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• Post-its on New York subway provide post-election therapy – in pictures

  12-11-2016 16:58
  
  An art installation has been set up on the walls of a 14th Street subway stop, encouraging people to put their thoughts on Post-it notes to protest Trump’s election win. The idea was created by the artist Levee, and hundreds of people have participated Continue reading...
  
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• The Election Over, Gala Season Continues, With Swiss Institute Celebrating 30 Years

  12-11-2016 00:12 via artnews.com
  On Thursday, in the basement of the Williamsburgh Savings Bank, an event space in Brooklyn where the Swiss Institute was having its annual benefit dinner and celebrating its 30th anniversary, one dealer told me that an art handler had asked him … Read More
  
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