Art
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Arts
The Painter of Revolution, on Both Sides of the Atlantic
Born into slavery, Guillaume Lethière became one of France’s most decorated painters. For the first time, a major exhibition gives…
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World
It Turns Out the Picassos Anchoring a Gallery’s Exhibit Were Not by Picasso
The Museum of Old and New Art in Australia claimed to have placed several Picassos inside a women’s restroom to…
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News
Hope Alswang, 77, Who Transformed Florida’s Largest Art Museum, Dies
As the executive director of the Norton Museum of Art, she oversaw an expansion by the British architect Norman Foster.…
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Arts
PST Art Extravaganza to Start With a Colorful Bang
The artist Cai Guo-Qiang has designed an epic fireworks event for the Los Angeles Coliseum this September.
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News
Nancy Azara, Sculptor Who Created a Haven for Feminist Artists, Dies at 84
She helped establish the New York Feminist Art Institute. In her own work — monumental pieces carved from found lumber…
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Arts
A Masterpiece of Fiction Inspires the Urge to Submerge in a Gallery Crawl
In New York’s art show of the summer, paint and prose meet in “The Swimmer,” a psychoanalysis of John Cheever’s…
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Arts
The Wide, Wide World of Judy Chicago
The 84-year-old American is perhaps best known for her groundbreaking feminist installation “The Dinner Party,” but she is an artist…
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Arts
Amid Challenges, Small New York City Museums Are Closing Their Doors
One quarter of all cultural institutions are dipping into their reserves or endowments to cover operating expenses. Mergers may be…
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Arts
Osgemeos Rocked Brazil. Can the Graffiti Twins Take New York?
Their street murals, monumental sculptures, intricate drawings and vivid paintings pop up at Lehmann Maupin gallery on the eve of…
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Arts
Kara Walker Is No One’s Robot
The raised right arm of a 7-foot-tall Black automaton in a somber Victorian dress came swinging down toward an approaching…