The Art

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Activist Convicted in Degas Sculpture Action Says He Did It “For My Two Children”

Activist Convicted in Degas Sculpture Action Says He Did...

Timothy Martin could go to prison for smearing black paint on the protective case...

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Japanese American National Museum Stands Up for DEI

Japanese American National Museum Stands Up for DEI

The institution said it would continue to embrace diversity, equity, and inclusion...

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Weegee, the Pop Artist That Never Was

Weegee, the Pop Artist That Never Was

By embracing horror through the larger-than-life persona he constructed, the photographer...

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The Violent and Sensual Bodies of Galli

The Violent and Sensual Bodies of Galli

The artist’s ambiguous figures exist in a continual state of metamorphosis between...

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Max Kozloff, Intrepid Art Critic and Photographer, Dies at 91

Max Kozloff, Intrepid Art Critic and Photographer, Dies...

The prolific writer penned a seminal essay on Abstract Expressionism in 1973, going...

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Why Did This Ancient Chinese Handscroll Break Auction Records?

Why Did This Ancient Chinese Handscroll Break Auction Records?

The 700-year-old scroll by renowned calligrapher Rao Jie fetched over $32 million...

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Was Rembrandt Inspired by the Story of Queen Esther? 

Was Rembrandt Inspired by the Story of Queen Esther? 

A show argues that the Jewish tale was interpreted as a symbol of liberation from...

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Artists’ Monuments to the Great Migration

Artists’ Monuments to the Great Migration

Histories need to be unearthed, recorded, studied, intersected, sung, paraded, and...

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Russian Photographer Disinvited From World Press Photo Ceremony

Russian Photographer Disinvited From World Press Photo...

Georgian journalists argued that Mikhail Tereshchenko, a staffer for a Russian state-backed...

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Nan Goldin Sells Prints to Benefit Gaza Animal Hospital

Nan Goldin Sells Prints to Benefit Gaza Animal Hospital

The fundraiser supports the resource-strapped Sulala Animal Rescue, whose “compassion...

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Amy Sherald’s Parables of Black American Life

Amy Sherald’s Parables of Black American Life

Sherald knits historic, cinematic, and literary references into many of her artworks,...

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In Puerto Rico, a Museum Builds Community Outside Its Walls

In Puerto Rico, a Museum Builds Community Outside Its Walls

El Museo de Arte de Puerto Rico seeks to serve teachers, children, incarcerated...

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Rituals Presents Devan Shimoyama’s Ornate Universe as the New Contemporary Sacred

Rituals Presents Devan Shimoyama’s Ornate Universe as the...

In this immersive solo exhibition, the Ulrich Museum of Art at Wichita State University...

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Harriet Tubman Erased From US Parks Website Without Agency’s Permission

Harriet Tubman Erased From US Parks Website Without Agency’s...

A text about the Underground Railroad has been restored after it was edited to remove...

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An Exhibition Makes Absence Present 

An Exhibition Makes Absence Present 

Works by Ana Mendieta, Derek Jarman, and P. Staff ask us to acknowledge loss — but...

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The Living Divinations of Ithell Colquhoun

The Living Divinations of Ithell Colquhoun

The artist’s dreamy paintings and drawings transcend any specific culture, instead...