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Last Supper, a tapestry inspired by a photograph of a Monsanto Chemical Company retirement dinner in 1952, by Kirsten Stolle © The artist. Courtesy the artist and Tracey Morgan Gallery,…

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by Rafil Kroll-Zaidi,

Screenshots taken by Taysir Batniji between April 24, 2015, and June 23, 2017, during WhatsApp video calls with his family in Gaza. From Batniji’s book Disruptions, which was published by…

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Untangling Yarn (Bedimmed Boundaries), by Wangari Mathenge, whose work was on view last month at Nicola Vassell Gallery, in New York City © Wangari Mathenge. Courtesy the artist and Nicola…

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by Rafil Kroll-Zaidi,

Orange Sunrise with Flowers and Fruits, a mixed-media triptych by Daniel Gordon Courtesy the artist and Nazarian / Curcio, Los Angeles A study in Laterality found that some greater white-fronted…

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by Rafil Kroll-Zaidi,

Still-Life with Toaster, Coffee Pot and Cup; Painter’s Clothes; and The Small Hours, paintings by William Wright, whose work was on view in June as part of the exhibition Nocturnes,…

“Girl Woman Lady,”“Cascade 2,”and“Running,” unique photographic reliefs (embossed gelatin silver photograms, fabric dye) from the series Rainbow Bruise by Klea McKenna © The artist. Courtesy EUQINOM Gallery, San Francisco Archaeologists…

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by Rafil Kroll-Zaidi,

Photographs from the series Dogs Chasing My Car in the Desert, 1996–98, by John Divola, whose work was on view in May as part of the exhibition Hard Copy, at…

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by Rafil Kroll-Zaidi,

“Yellow Towels #2, 1979” and “Amy, Phil, and Brian, 1980,” photographs by Tina Barney, from her book Tina Barney: The Beginning, which was published last year by Radius Books ©…

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by Rafil Kroll-Zaidi,

“Effusion,” “Fluxitecture,” “Haven,” and “Heart(h),” photographs by David Garland, whose work is on view this month at Headstone Gallery, in Kingston, New York © The artist. Courtesy Headstone Gallery, Kingston,…

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by Rafil Kroll-Zaidi,

Sparkling City with Egg Monuments #2, by Lari Pittman © The artist. Courtesy Lehmann Maupin In 2023, the hottest year on record, the number of unprovoked shark attacks remained level,…

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by Rafil Kroll-Zaidi,

Photograms by Shao-Feng Hsu, from the series Night Swimming, in which he captures his breathing patterns while swimming under the new moon © The artist Off the Five Finger Islands,…

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by Rafil Kroll-Zaidi,

Astronomers discovered a large planet that orbits an improbably small star every 3.7 days. A hyperbolic meteor from the Oort Cloud that may have undergone gravitational perturbation in its passage…

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by Rafil Kroll-Zaidi,

The average American girl born in 2019 will take prescription drugs for more than half her life, former members of the U.S. Special Forces with various neuropsychiatric problems experienced positive…

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by Rafil Kroll-Zaidi,

Temperance in Eden, a painting by Autumn Nelson © The artist. Courtesy Tyger Tyger Gallery, Asheville, North Carolina As the U.S. population ages, old people are committing more crimes. Positive…

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by Rafil Kroll-Zaidi,

Researchers found that, over the course of an academic year, middle schoolers grew increasingly unpopular and more likely to misuse alcohol if they were considered unattractive and unathletic, and that…

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by Rafil Kroll-Zaidi,

“Holding, Japanese Cypress, 1,” “Holding, Japanese Cypress, 2,” and “Holding, Japanese Cypress, 3,” photographs by Melanie Schiff © The artist. Courtesy the artist and Night Gallery, Los Angeles Global…

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by Rafil Kroll-Zaidi,

The door to the other world is always open, by Aaron Gilbert © The artist. Courtesy the artist and Chris Sharp Gallery, Los Angeles The rate of society’s moral…

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by Rafil Kroll-Zaidi,

Strata-25E, Strata-26B, and Strata-25C, watercolors by Mikael Hallstrøm © The artist Australian scientists from the Whales and Climate Research Program asserted that whales cannot, after all, significantly mitigate atmospheric carbon.…

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by Rafil Kroll-Zaidi,

Betty 11 and Betty 10, knit installations by Mulyana, whose work was on view in April at the USC Fisher Museum of Art, in Los Angeles © The artist. Courtesy…

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by Rafil Kroll-Zaidi,

To be titled, a painting by Marc Padeu, whose work was on view in April at Peres Projects, in Milan, Italy. Courtesy the artist and Peres Projects Five-year-olds will believe…

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by Rafil Kroll-Zaidi,

Artificial intelligence researchers estimated that, among categories of domestic labor, grocery shopping is the most automatable and childcare the least.

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by Rafil Kroll-Zaidi,

“99 Moons No. 151,” “99 Moons No. 83,” “99 Moons No. 60,” by Claire A. Warden, whose work is on view as part of the exhibition Under the Sun and…

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by Rafil Kroll-Zaidi,

I Might Just Listen, It Won’t Be Good, and How Did I Miss That?, miniature sculptures by Lydia Ricci, whose work is on view at the Berman Museum of Art,…

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Atmospheric warming is shrinking the diurnal temperature range, the septic systems of Nags Head are failing as sea levels rise, and PFAS are damaging the immune systems of Cape Fear…

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by Rafil Kroll-Zaidi,

Let it Rice, Let it Rice, Let it Rice and Stuck in an Egg Tart, paintings by Chang Ya Chin, whose work is on view this month with Half Gallery…

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by Rafil Kroll-Zaidi,

“Final Shot,” a photograph by Evan Robidoux, whose work was on view in September at Pace Gallery, in New York City © The artist. Courtesy Pace Gallery, New York City…

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by Rafil Kroll-Zaidi,

The increasing conservatism that comes with age is largely a consequence of raising children; small children, but not macaques and capuchins, can perceive faces in inanimate objects; and psychopathic traits,…

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by Rafil Kroll-Zaidi,

“Sundial with Prism,” “Sundial with Compass,” and “A Variety of Colors Created with the Shadow of a Prism #4 (Color Separation with Three Black and White Paper Negatives),” photographs by…

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by Rafil Kroll-Zaidi,

Photographs by Brenda Biondo, whose work is on view through September with the Center for Fine Art Photography at the Gregory Allicar Museum of Art at Colorado State University, in…

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January 2025

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