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Karen Chernick

Karen Chernick is a writer based in Philadelphia, by way of Tel Aviv. Her work has also appeared on Artsy, The Forward, Curbed Philadelphia, Eater, PhillyVoice, and Time Out Philadelphia.

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The Patrons Who Sustained Sophie Taeuber-Arp

Avatar photo by Karen Chernick July 26, 2022July 26, 2022

The letters between Taeuber-Arp and her patroness, Annie Müller-Widmann, show the usually invisible tending that goes into an artist-patron relationship.

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Edith Schloss and Her Feminine Take on New York’s Macho Art Scene

Avatar photo by Karen Chernick February 7, 2022February 7, 2022

Schloss challenged the concept of the lone genius toiling in his studio, instead framing this cohort of artists as neighbors and friends.

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How Marisol, “the True Trailblazer,” Paved the Way for Andy Warhol

Avatar photo by Karen Chernick December 5, 2021December 3, 2021

In 1962, Andy Warhol desperately wanted to be like his accomplished new pal, Marisol.

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A History of Motherhood Through Design

Avatar photo by Karen Chernick October 10, 2021October 8, 2021

Designing Motherhood includes over 100 objects spanning medical devices to depictions of laboring women in films.

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The Bite-Sized Art of Chewing Gum

Avatar photo by Karen Chernick August 3, 2021August 3, 2021

Hannah Wilke is part of an elastic history of bubble gum-as-art that started before her and continues to this day.

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Why Adélaïde Labille-Guiard’s 1783 Portrait of a Mother Nursing Broke New Ground

Avatar photo by Karen Chernick June 27, 2021June 30, 2021

When Labille-Guiard exhibited the portrait at the Paris Salon, it was the only woman in the series. And she was breastfeeding.

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How Does Plastic Age? Conservators Are Taking a Closer Look

Avatar photo by Karen Chernick May 24, 2021May 24, 2021

A new project is researching how Soviet-era plastics were made and used.

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How Lee Miller Cast Her Surrealist Eye on British Vogue

Avatar photo by Karen Chernick May 12, 2021May 12, 2021

Miller didn’t plan to photograph gowns and handbags as bombs rained from London’s skies.

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100 Women Street Photographers Freeze the Exquisitely Mundane

Avatar photo by Karen Chernick March 21, 2021March 19, 2021

A new book compiles unstaged public photographs by 100 artists of all ages, hailing from 31 countries spanning Ghana to Iran.

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With a Room of Her Own, Emily Mason’s Ethereal Abstractions Bloomed

Avatar photo by Karen Chernick January 11, 2021January 11, 2021

Mason’s expansive Chelsea studio became her tuning fork — the barometer she used to check that colors and shapes were humming at the right frequency.

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Audrey Flack on the Gaps in Art History

Avatar photo by Karen Chernick November 18, 2020November 18, 2020

The veteran photorealist painter talks to Hyperallergic about her work and her new film biography, Queen of Hearts.

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The Remarkable Success Story of Rosalba Carriera, the Original “Queen of Pastel”

Avatar photo by Karen Chernick October 14, 2020November 5, 2020

Partly thanks to Carriera’s skill and clever marketing, pastel portraits became one of the most popular art forms of the Rococo era.

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