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A View From the Easel
This week, artist studios in California, Colorado, Maryland, New York, and Oregon.
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Art
As Site of Nazi Terror Is Repurposed, Some Reflections on Memory and Public Art in Germany Today
In Germany, two vastly different approaches to public and memorial art are underscoring some of the tensions currently unfolding in the country today.
Film
From Julian Schnabel’s van Gogh Film to a New Godard at the 56th New York Film Festival
Standouts at this year's New York Film Festival range from a Vincent van Gogh biopic by Julian Schnabel to a documentary on free jazz, with a range of great, art-inflected offerings in between.
News
A Jerusalem Art Space Is Shuttered by City for Hosting Lecture by Left-Leaning NGO
The Barbur Gallery was targeted by the Israeli Minister of Culture and Mayor of Jerusalem for hosting events with NGO’s dedicated to the end of Palestinian occupation.
Books
How a Graphic Novel About 1930s Germany Feels Poignant and Prescient
Jason Lutes's epic graphic novel series Berlin, which began in 1996, comes to a close this year. Little did he know how relevant his books would be.
News
3D van Gogh Paintings Are Selling at US Malls for Around $17,000
Amsterdam's Van Gogh Museum is showcasing and selling three-dimensional replicas of iconic paintings at malls across the US for one year.
News
Art Movements
Two PEN-award winning journalists sentenced to 7 years in jail, a controversial statue of Erdoğan stirs controversy in Germany, and Art Basel takes up a new economic model.
Podcast
The Rebel Women of 19th-Century New York
A new exhibition explores the “Rebel Women” of 19th-century New York, and we talk to curator Marcela Micucci to discover the stories of these largely forgotten figures.
Comics
Back-to-School Bingo for Freshman Art Students
From drastically changing your hair color to thinking you're a genius.
News
Hirshhorn Museum Receives 50 Marcel Duchamp Works, and Birmingham Museum Repatriates 12th-Century Indian Sculpture
Plus, the New Orleans Museum receives over 1,300 photographs, and the Pallant House Gallery acquires six works by Young British Artists.
Announcement
New York Philharmonic Performs Live Score to There Will Be Blood
The Philharmonic performs Jonny Greenwood’s riveting film score to the powerful, Oscar-nominated film.
Art
In the Chapel of a Michigan Church, an Artist Creates a Lamentation for Syrian Refugees
Michael Takeo Magruder's "Lamentation for the Forsaken" at Christ Church Cranbrook creates a resonance between the suffering of Christ and that of Syrian refugees.