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Wayne Thiebaud’s Confections, Sprinkled with Touches of Cézanne, Degas, and Others
An exhibit at the Morgan Library & Museum lends a few helpful insights into who and what have inspired this 97-year-old artist (beyond the sugary obvious).
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Art Movements
This week in art news: Curator Nikki Columbus has filed a discrimination complaint against MoMA PS1, artists lose a class action lawsuit against auction houses, and the University of Kansas takes down an altered flag that was part of an art project.
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Colby College Acquires Jackson Pollock Painting, and Getty Purchases 13th-Century Rothschild Pentateuch
Plus the National Gallery in London acquired a rare painting by Artemisia Gentileschi, and the Lazinc Gallery sells three Banksy pieces.
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An Afro-Surrealist Project Deifies God-Like Bodies of Color
Damon Davis plumbs the depths of Black history, fantasy, and mythology to create a vision of power and resilience in his St. Louis exhibition.
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The National Gallery Acquires Its First Painting by a Woman Since 1991
The London museum's acquisition of what is believed to be a rare Artemisia Gentileschi self-portrait demands a closer look at the world the artist inhabited in 17th-century Florence.
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Artist Shu Lea Cheang to Represent Taiwan at 2019 Venice Biennale
The first woman artist to be selected since Taiwan began holding single-artist exhibitions at the Venice Biennale.
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Bossy Baby Trump Blimp Heads North to Haunt Scotland
Scottish protesters want to bring the already infamous Trump balloon north to greet the US President.
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Graphic Reflections on the Sorry State of US Politics
These posters reflect a desire as an artist to “do something” about the social and political upheaval going on in this country.
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Reinstalling a Transcendent TV Artwork by Nam June Paik Decades Later
The master of media art created works that are constructed out of TV sets and recording devices that are no longer manufactured and, needless to say, generally irreplaceable.
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Do I Have Imposter Syndrome, or Am I Just Faking it?
I simply must have it. Though if I did have it, I might just be fooling myself along with everyone else.
Art
An Art School Started by Marc Chagall that Became a Modernist Wasteland
The Centre Pompidou examines the thrilling but lesser-known story of the People’s Art School, founded in 1918 by the painter Marc Chagall in his hometown of Vitebsk.
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The Manetti Shrem Museum’s Summer Season Features Artists Susan Swartz and Andrea Chung
The museum celebrates new voices with Swartz’s west coast debut and Chung’s first traveling exhibition.