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The Gift and The Renege

A new Theaster Gates solo exhibition in Texas explores Houston’s Freedmen’s Town

“Spirit of Innovation”

In its 10th iteration the Isamu Noguchi Award honors Theaster Gates, Edmund de Waal, and Hanya Yanagihara

“Until real heroes bloom, / this dusty plinth will wait”

Theaster Gates participates in The Monument We Make symposium at Drexel in Philadelphia

Elevating the Everyday

Theaster Gates transmutes loss into an acknowledgment and celebration of Black creativity at the New Museum

Monastic Vibes

Theaster Gates’s Serpentine Pavilion, Black Chapel, opens June 10 at Kensington Gardens

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New Beginnings

Daily digest: Theaster Gates’ Chicago art incubator breaks ground, Studio Libeskind’s Tree of Life redesign unveiled, and more

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Let The Sun In

Theaster Gates unveils a towering 2022 Serpentine Pavilion

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Heal the Land

Memphis’s long-neglected Tom Lee Park gets an overhaul, and Theaster Gates wants to honor its namesake

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Tulip Mania

Daily digest: A secret Bitcoin powerplant is shuttered in Canada, Theaster Gates at Memphis’s Tom Lee Park, and more

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On The Waterfront

Asif Kahn and David Adjaye will helm reimagining of Liverpool’s historic Canning Dock

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On The Go

Daily digest: Trimble launches SketchUp for iPad, U.K. housing secretary Robert Jenrick is out, and more

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Shoot For The Moon

Daily digest: L.A. shoots for 100 percent renewable power by 2035, a flying taxi partnership, and more

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Back At It

Daily digest: Copenhagen named the 2023 World Capital of Architecture, Theaster Gates is revitalizing a Chicago garden, and more

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Stay Safe

Daily digest: The Art Preserve finally opens in Wisconsin, dangerous heat broils West Coast infrastructure, and more

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The 21st

Artist Theaster Gates will design the 2022 Serpentine Pavilion

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Planning Justice

Harvard GSD faculty take on the challenge of building just cities

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Gates of Stone

Artist Theaster Gates helps renovate Edward Durell Stone building

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Coming Soon

Theaster Gates, MASS Design Group among list of Chicago Architecture Biennial contributors

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