Art
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Books
A Modern California Dream, Still Haunted by Hippie Darkness
Cult leaders, curdled 1960s idealism and outsider art collide in Max Ludington’s prismatic novel, “Thorn Tree.”
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Arts
A Steadying Force for the Africa Center Is Stepping Down
Uzodinma Iweala, chief executive of the Harlem institution, will leave at the end of 2024 after guiding it through pandemic…
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World
With Brute Force and Steel, This Artist Creates Works of Ephemeral Beauty
Art of Craft is a series about craftspeople whose work rises to the level of art. On a summer day…
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Arts
Can Adriano Pedrosa Save the Venice Biennale? No Pressure.
Only workaholics and delusional optimists should organize a Venice Biennale, as the Brazilian curator Adriano Pedrosa discovered during the countless…
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News
Two Art Deco Icons Poised for a Renaissance
Tamara de Lempicka, a painter favored by celebrities and designers, is being revisited. Plus, a historical Miami building reopens as…
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World
A Reverse Art Heist? Museum Finds Employee’s Painting on Its Wall
The Pinakothek der Moderne in Munich said it had fired a worker for hanging one of his own pieces in…
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Arts
Downtown Los Angeles Places Another Big Bet on the Arts
The pandemic was tough on city centers and cultural institutions. What does that mean for Los Angeles, whose downtown depends…
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Arts
Berlin Was a Beacon of Artistic Freedom. Gaza Changed Everything.
When the musician Laurie Anderson was launching her career in the early 1970s, an avant-garde artist who wanted to work…
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Arts
Her Art Is at Odds With Museums, and Museums Can’t Get Enough
Gala Porras-Kim has confronted the restitution of cultural artifacts and now — with melting Antarctic ice — climate change.
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Books
Literary Gold From the Gilded Age, in Poster Form
For lovers of vintage books and periodicals, “The Art of the Literary Poster” celebrates a vibrant niche in late-19th-century advertising.