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PREVIEW
CULTURE
ART
space with wonder,
to resurrect art
history from the
bowels of despair,
and to impregnate
the institutions of
art with the joy of
man’s desiring.”
BAROQUE
WHAT:
Rashaad Newsome:
King of Arms
WHEN: June 21 -
Sept. 15, 2013
WHERE: New Orleans
Museum of Art
WHY: New Orleans
native Rashaad
Newsome continues
his love affair
with Baroque
aesthetics and race
performance in
King of Arms, which
infuses historical
royal imagery with
hip-hop influences.
HIPPIES
RULERS
KEN PRICE
WHAT: Ken Price: Slow and Steady
FROM TOP: COURTESY MATTHEW MARKS GALLERY; COURTESY MFA BOSTON
Wins the Race, Works on Paper
1962-2010
WHEN: June 19 - Aug. 18, 2013
WHERE: The Drawing Center, New York
WHY: This is the first survey of Ken
Price’s drawings.
FASHION
WHAT: Future
Beauty: Thirty Years
of Japanese Fashion
WHEN: June 27 Sept. 8, 2013
WHERE:
Seattle Art Museum
WHY: The entire
exhibit is dedicated
to revolutionary
Japanese fashion
designers who
are credited with
influencing Western
couture as we know
it. Watch for 80
gowns by designers
like Rei Kawakubo,
Yohji Yamamoto and
Jun Takahashi.
CULTURE CLASH
WHAT:
Migrating Identities
WHEN: June 28 Sept. 29, 2013
WHERE: Yerba
Buena Center for the
Arts, San Francisco
WHY: Eight artists
grapple with their
relationships with
two or more different
cultures, exploring
the effects of place
and emigration
on identity.
WHAT: BMO Harris
Bank Chicago Works:
Jose Lerma
WHEN: July 2 Dec. 3, 2013
WHERE:
MCA Chicago
WHY: Using fabric,
carpet and occasional
military parachutes,
Lerma recreates
history’s forgotten
rulers with a delicious
sense of humor.
PUBLIC SPACE
WHAT: The Bruce
High Quality
Foundation: Ode to
Joy, 2001–2013
WHEN:
June 28, 2013 Sept. 22, 2013
WHERE: Brooklyn
Museum of Art
WHY: We can’t
resist an exhibit with
a description that
explains the groups
as attempting
to “invest the
experience of public
WHAT: Hippie Chic
WHEN: July 16 - Nov. 11, 2013
WHERE: Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
WHY: Following the widespread
attention The Met’s PUNK: Chaos
to Couture exhibit received, the
MFA Boston is turning to the
subculture of the 1960s and 1970s
for inspiration for their upcoming
fashion exhibit.
Expect a psychedelic overload.