Ryann Donnelly

The Untold: Ana Mendieta

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Cuban-born performance and multi-media visual artist Ana Mendieta died in 1985 at the age of 36, leaving behind a massive collection of un-exhibited works. Now on view at London's Hayward Gallery is "Traces," her first UK retrospective, in which slides of these pieces reveal an untold career... Read more

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The Teachings of Vaginal Davis

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In the middle of the empty gallery, Davis constructed a chamber with a distorted perspectival system (called an Ames room). The illusion seems like a metaphor for Davis's mutable personality, which can be overstated or demure, and her fixed stature—6'6", without heels... Read more