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Why a Diego Rivera Still Life Hangs in Steven Spielberg's The Post
The Cubist painting "No. 9, Nature Morte Espagnole" fits surprisingly well with themes in the Oscar-nominated film.
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Drawing on Memories of Violence and Displacement
Millie Chen suggests that spectacle can be destructive, but the shared act of looking, and looking back, can also build empathy.
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The Rediscovery of Picasso's Designs for a 100-Foot-Tall Bust in Florida
Pablo Picasso's "Bust of a Woman" was once slated to appear on the campus of a Tampa-area university, and it would've been the world's tallest concrete sculpture.
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Art Movements
This week in art news: a mafia member revealed new information about a stolen Caravaggio, the Metropolitan Museum implemented mandatory admission for non-New Yorkers, and a painting newly attributed to Dalí went on view.
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Quilts as Tools for Resistance
Embedded in this year’s QuiltCon, which featured over 350 works, were acts of protest.
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Astrological Aesthetics: March 2018 Horoscopes
Hyperallergic’s horoscopes offer astrological advice for artists and art types, in art terms, every month.
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A History of Protest and Activism at the Oscars
While we wait for what the Academy Awards might hold on Sunday, it's worth revisiting the ceremony's history of protest, beginning with Marlon Brando's rejection of his award in 1973.
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Animating the Art of the Metropolitan Museum
Simone Seagle transforms iconic works by artists like Paul Klee and Claude Monet into interactive animations.
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Running the Numbers on Attendance at History Museums in the US
In attempting to gauge whether attendance at American cultural institutions is indeed declining, many commentators often conflate “museum” with “art museum,” but art museums comprise only about 4.5% of American museums, while history institutions, comprise about 55.5%.
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Recreating Some of Hollywood’s Most Infamous Art Crimes
Kota Ezawa, who believes “artists are close to outlaws,” recreates Hollywood crime scenes in video animations.
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Faculty at UK Art Schools Strike to Protest Pension Cuts
On Wednesday, despite a snowstorm, students from the Courtauld Institute and other London art schools took part in a national strike organized by the University and College Union.
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What the Data Tell Us About the Challenges Facing Female Artists of Color
Our research uncovered something surprising: we had a lot of data about women in the arts, and a good amount of data about race and ethnicity in the arts, and plenty of articles stating that women of color fare worse in the art world, but not much hard data.