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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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“Nepo Baby” Memes Set the Internet Ablaze

Avatar photo by Elaine Velie December 23, 2022December 23, 2022

For some of us, it’s not exactly news that rich and famous people are connected to other rich and famous people.

Posted inArt

NYC’s Five Boroughs, Reimagined in Gingerbread

Avatar photo by Elaine Velie December 22, 2022December 23, 2022

An exhibition at the Museum of the City of New York celebrates the Big Apple in the most seasonal (and tastiest) medium of all.

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Vandals Destroy 30,000-Year-Old Indigenous Rock Art in Australia

Avatar photo by Elaine Velie December 21, 2022December 23, 2022

The drawings, which experts say are irrecoverable, are of particular significance to the Mirning People.

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Philip Pearlstein, Whose Paintings “Rescued the Human Figure,” Dies at 98

Avatar photo by Elaine Velie December 20, 2022December 21, 2022

Pearlstein made a mark on the course of art history by depicting unromanticized views of the human body at a time when such realism was unpopular.

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Artadia Increases Artist’s Grants in Response to Inflation

Avatar photo by Elaine Velie December 19, 2022December 20, 2022

In a rare move, the organization will retroactively pay this year’s grant recipients to match the new prize amount.

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Photography Curator Arrested for Attempted Child Molestation

Avatar photo by Elaine Velie December 19, 2022December 19, 2022

Efrem Zelony-Mindell faces charges of distribution and possession of child pornography and attempted enticement of a minor.

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Vatican to Return Its Parthenon Marbles Fragments to Greece

Avatar photo by Elaine Velie December 16, 2022December 16, 2022

Pope Francis called the works’ repatriation a “donation.”

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Cézanne Portrait, Hidden for 158 Years, Found Under a Still Life

Avatar photo by Elaine Velie December 15, 2022December 16, 2022

The painting, discovered by a Cincinnati Art Museum conservator, might be one of the Post-Impressionist painter’s first self-portraits.

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An Unconventional Grant That Lets Artists Pay it Forward 

Avatar photo by Elaine Velie December 15, 2022December 15, 2022

The 15 initial winners of the Art Matters Foundation grant each choose another artist to receive the prize.

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Only 8% of UK Artists Come From Working-Class Background 

Avatar photo by Elaine Velie December 14, 2022December 14, 2022

A new study making waves in the UK finds that people from low-income backgrounds are less likely to become artists — but that’s always been the case.

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Six Films That Plumb the Possibilities of Prison Abolition

Avatar photo by Elaine Velie December 14, 2022December 14, 2022

The shorts will be screened as part of XO & Struggle: An Evening of Abolitionist Cinema at the Maysles Documentary Center in Harlem, New York.

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New School Strike Ends With Victory for Adjuncts

Avatar photo by Elaine Velie December 12, 2022December 12, 2022

The administration met the union on all of its demands, including raises across the board and increased healthcare eligibility.

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