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Innovative Abstract Painter Brice Marden Dies at 84
Marden, who would often work and rework a painting for years, pushed abstraction in a new direction.
Elaine Velie
Elaine Velie is a writer from New Hampshire living in Brooklyn. She studied Art History and Russian at Middlebury College and is interested in art's role in history, culture, and politics.
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O'Shae Sibley Vigil Shows a Community Fighting for Justice
Photographs of a memorial at the gas station where Sibley was killed convey anger, loss, and a unified message: “We are done dying in silence.”
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Museum Settles With Translator Whose Work Was Used Without Permission
Yilin Wang’s translations of Chinese poems were initially included in a British Museum show without her approval and without compensation.
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Open Letter Calls On British Museum to Drop BP Name
A missive signed by 80 artists and activists including Nan Goldin draws parallels between the oil giant and the Sackler family, whose name has been removed from institutions worldwide.
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New York’s JTT Gallery to Shutter After 11 Years
The gallery exhibited the works of Sable Elyse Smith, James Yaya Hough, and Diane Simpson, among other emerging and mid-career artists.
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Archaeologists Unearth Ancient Mosaic of Winged Medusa in Spain
The stunningly preserved Ancient Roman mosaic floor was found at the Huerta de Otero site in the city of Mérida.
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A Step-by-Step Guide to Making an Illuminated Manuscript
At the Morgan Library in New York, an unfinished manuscript from 1400s France can teach us how Medieval artists crafted their exquisitely detailed works.
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Dancer O'Shae Sibley Killed After Vogueing at Brooklyn Gas Station
"They murdered him because he was gay," said Sibley’s friend Otis Pena, who described the attacker launching homophobic slurs.
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Researchers Discover Hidden Portrait in Magritte Painting
The face of a woman found beneath layers of paint in "La cinquième saison" (1943) could be that of the Surrealist artist's wife, Georgette Magritte.
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A Trove of Rarely Seen Photographs of Revolutionary Black Women
An exhibition at the Alice Austen House in Staten Island showcases Jean Weisinger’s formidable body of portraiture — and finally tells the photographer’s story.
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Over 100 Tombs Unearthed in Roman Cemetery in Palestine
The Ard-al-Moharbeen Necropolis in the Israeli-occupied Gaza Strip was excavated as part of an initiative to engage young Palestinian people with their cultural heritage.
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MoMA Trustee Leon Black Accused of Raping Teenager
A lawsuit filed in Manhattan federal court accuses Black of sexually assaulting and raping a 16-year-old girl in Jeffrey Epstein's New York townhouse.