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Tracing the Life of New Age Painter Agnes Pelton
Agnes Pelton was a lifelong seeker whose matriarchal, artistic household set her aesthetic course.
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Unique Painted Leopard Sarcophagus Unearthed in Egypt
Archaeologists are reconstructing pieces of a 2,000-year-old sarcophagus lid featuring a colored leopard face.
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Required Reading
This week, Kara Walker's new Obama painting, the truth about photography, why many diseases appear to originate in China, a new anti-Chinese symbol appears in Australia, and more.
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The Modernist Revolution Along the British Coast
The seven years that a Russian Constructivist and his dog moved among British artists by the seaside.
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A Survey of American Art That Isn't Just Coastal
This thoughtfully curated exhibition is evidence that much compelling and adventurous art is indeed being produced all around the country.
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The Measureless James Turrell
Like memory, Turrell‘s work exists outside of space and time and sound.
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Digital Meditations on Water
Sarah Rothberg and Marina Zurkow reveal water’s unearthliness.
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Color Field, Then and Now
I fear that the visual culture in which these works were admired is now one of those distant “you had to be there” moments, which are impossible to reconstruct.
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Painting’s Divided Legacy
There are artists who paint, and those who use paint.
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A Major Korean Painter Begins to Get His Due
While postwar Korean artists are celebrated in the West, the strongest painters of the next generation remain under-known.
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Hilma af Klint Has Arrived in the Hudson Valley
From botanical sketches to art inspired by af Klint’s spiritual practice, lesser-known works by the Swedish artist arrived at the Lightforms Art Center.
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Manhattan Museum Will Renovate and Alter Landmarked Church, Prompting Backlash
Some community members have opposed the Children’s Museum of Manhattan plans to relocate to a former church on the Upper West Side.