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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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Rare Film Footage of Artist Henry Ossawa Tanner in 1930s Paris

Avatar photo by Karen Chernick September 30, 2020November 5, 2020

Tanner avoided the cameras for much of his life, but a new documentary on Black American creatives who moved to France finds candid home movie footage of him.

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Writing the Untold Stories of Polish Women Artists

Avatar photo by Karen Chernick August 24, 2020November 5, 2020

Polish art historian Marika Kuźmicz has begun a project to research the biographies of overlooked female artists, locate their archives, and make the information and images available in a free online database.

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Hank Willis Thomas on Black Survival Guide and Creative Civic Action

Avatar photo by Karen Chernick August 21, 2020November 5, 2020

Thomas and fellow artist Ebony Brown talk about interdependence and How to Live Through a Police Riot, an archival handbook that inspired his 2018 series.

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Wendy Red Star Is Teaching Children About the Crow Nation With Her Art

Avatar photo by Karen Chernick August 6, 2020November 29, 2021

“You don’t have to make things easy for them,” says Red Star about her new exhibition for children at MASS MoCA.

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The Under-told Story of Paul Jennings, an Enslaved Man Who Helped Save George Washington’s Portrait

Avatar photo by Karen Chernick July 2, 2020November 5, 2020

During the War of 1812, British troops intended to ransack the American capital. The First Lady took credit for saving White House valuables, but, as Jennings wrote in his memoir, this was “totally false.”

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The Fascinating Story Behind a Missing Portrait by Arshile Gorky

Avatar photo by Karen Chernick June 12, 2020November 5, 2020

The portrait is a window into the life and work of the painter and gallerist Anna Walinska, who gave Gorky his first solo exhibition in New York.

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The Baroque Artist Who Captured the World in Her Still Lifes

Avatar photo by Karen Chernick June 2, 2020November 5, 2020

Giovanna Garzoni’s tablescape was a map of the world, and she wanted to chart every detail.

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An Ebay Purchase That Revealed the Everyday Lives of French Surrealists

Avatar photo by Karen Chernick May 12, 2020August 24, 2021

Reading between the lines of contact information for friends, graphologists, psychoanalysts, and plumbers, Brigitte Benkemoun’s Finding Dora Maar reveals a map of a bygone France.

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A Mouthwatering Museum Tour for Vegans

Avatar photo by Karen Chernick March 12, 2020March 11, 2020

Museumgoers of the vegan variety don’t heap ham, cheese, and eggs onto their plates — and some don’t want to see the stuff when they’re strolling through the Prado Museum, either.

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A Rare Look at a Little-Known, Intrepid Woman Painter of Open Air Landscapes

Avatar photo by Karen Chernick February 21, 2020February 21, 2020

Sarazin de Belmont was a rare talent: a self-funded artist and a woman who broke the courtly codes to travel unchaperoned for several years as she created open-air landscapes on the Italian peninsula and the French Pyrenees.

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A Tantalizing, If Flawed Reinterpretation of Picasso’s “Demoiselles d’Avignon”

Avatar photo by Karen Chernick December 27, 2019December 29, 2019

In her new book, Suzanne Preston Blier seduces the reader with a reinterpretation of the painting, based on sources she claims no Picasso scholars have addressed before.

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The Story of Charles Ethan Porter, an African American Still-Life Painter

Avatar photo by Karen Chernick December 25, 2019January 14, 2022

Porter’s struggle, and the ensuing invisibility of his work, are as much a part of his story as his masterful paintings that dignify humble everyday objects.

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