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Art That Shows the Hidden Labor | Art News
MIT’s bold new exhibit “Performing Conditions” turns the art world’s gaze inward, exposing the hidden labor that powers culture — from artist paychecks to unpaid caregiving — with receipts on display and works that demand respect for the invisible work sustaining society. Through pieces like Blondell Cummings’ choreographed domesticity and Dread Scott’s haunting reckonings with racial capitalism, the show reframes dependency not as weakness but as creative force. From unpatched holes left by museum staff to catalogs with assistant forewords, every detail critiques how we erase essential labor…
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