The Brooklyn Rail

Art

• Al Held (1928-2005)

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  By Chris Martin, Rackstraw Downes, William Conlon, and Judy Pfaff

• Ancestry & Innovation African American Art, From the American Folk Art Museum, Through September 4

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  By Daniel Baird

• Displaced Histories: The Art of Banks Violette

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  By Katie Stone Sonnenborn

• Letter from Bruce Conner

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  By Bruce Conner

• Railing Opinion: Dore Ashton and Carlos Brillembourg on Post 9/11

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  By Dore Ashton and Carlos Brillembourg

• The Art of Parrying: Wilfried Dickhoff in conversation with Joan Waltemath

• Philip Pearlstein In Conversation with Phong Bui