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The Lenorman Street Tobacco Factory, Athens. Half of the building is home to the library of Hellenic Parliament. The other half is being renovated by the art foundation Neon and will house a cultural center. Photo © Giorgos Charisis; courtesy of the Hellenic Parliament and Neon.

Michael Rakowitz (SMVisS ’98) to be in Show at the Renovated Lenorman Street Tobacco Factory, Athens

December 15, 2020
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Carehaus Baltimore. Architecture by Rafi Segal Architecture + Urbanism with Marisa Morán Jahn, 2020

Carehaus: U.S.’ First Care-Based Co-housing Project by artist Marisa Morán Jahn and architect Rafi Segal

December 14, 2020
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David Robbins, Accrochage

CAVS Fellow David Robbins on The Mysterious Utah Monolith

December 11, 2020
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Tomashi Jackson, Time and Space (Blue), 2020, Pentelic marble dust on election ephemera, acrylic, paper bags, canvas, 81 1/2 × 76 1/2

Tomashi Jackson (SMACT ’12) Featured in ArtForum

October 16, 2020
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Jill Magid, Tender Pennies, 2020.

Jill Magid’s (SMVisS ’00) ‘Tender’

October 13, 2020
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Matthew Mazzotta and grandfather, Newfoundland.

Matthew Mazzotta Featured in CBC Radio One

September 29, 2020
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Rakowitz’s parasite sculptures, custom-built to house homeless people in American cities, were inspired by Bedouin tents. Photograph by Paul D’Amato for The New Yorker

Michael Rakowitz’s (SMVisS ’98) Art of Return – New Yorker Profile

September 1, 2020
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Rebuilding cultures through art, design, and community, Azra Akšamija on MIT News

August 12, 2020
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SITE for WilliWear, Showroom, New York, NY, Photographed by Andreas Sterzing, 1982.

Judith Barry on Willi Smith and Polydisciplinary Magnetism

August 5, 2020
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Rasa Smite and Raitis Smits’ ‘Pond Battery’ at post.moma

August 3, 2020
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Azra Akšamija, The Future to be Rewritten, 2020

Azra Akšamija | The Future to be Rewritten

July 30, 2020
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Erin Genia, “You are on Native Land,” digital montage (2019). Courtesy of the artist.

‘400 years later – an Indigenous artist’s perspective’ by Erin Genia (SMACT ’19)

July 21, 2020
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