Art
The 2015 Armory Show in 23 Superlatives
The 2015 Armory Show delivers pretty much what you'd expect of the 2015 Armory Show: some quite good art, some pretty bad art, and a lot of completely harmless stuff in between.
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The Chemistry of Why van Gogh Reds Are Going White
Vincent van Gogh's reds have been turning white, but the exact reason why has remained unclear.
Art
The Indian Observatories That Inspired Noguchi's Sculptures
Japanese-American artist Isamu Noguchi’s highly formal approach to design borrows cues from varied sources, including architecture, sculpture, and photography.
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Egypt Plans Skyscraper Inspired by Giza Pyramids
For centuries, tourists have flocked to Cairo to behold the Pyramids of Giza firsthand.
Art
Jam-Packed Spring/Break Art Show Pulls into Moynihan Station
In its fourth year, Spring/Break Art Show is temporarily transforming the disused offices of Moynihan Station into an art fair based on the theme of "transaction."
Art
Artists Find Common Ground in Language of Abstraction
PHILADELPHIA — Abstraction is, by its very nature, an exercise in reduction, in simplifying the elements of form, material, and subject matter to their very base, or one might say, to the very limits of where one can possibly go.
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Artist in Trouble for Tagging Joshua Tree National Park
A tag painted by the Swedish-Portuguese street artist and nightclub owner André Saraiva on a rock in Joshua Tree National Park has sparked an investigation after he posted a photo of it on Instagram on February 25.
Opinion
Looking at Art May Keep You Fit, Study Suggests
Contemplating paintings might not just offer psychological benefits, but also physical ones.
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All 37 of Vermeer's Works "Re-created" for a New York Exhibition
All 37 of Vermeers works, Re-created, will be displayed in a single gallery and as they would have originally appeared, fresh from Vermeer’s brush.[http://engine.nectarads.com/p/eyJhdiI6Nzc5NTQsImF0IjoyMCwiYnQiOjAsImNtIjoyMjI3NDMsImNoIjoxOTMwLCJjciI6Nzk1MDY3LCJkbSI6NCwiZmMiOjgyNzYyMCwiZmwiOjUzMzUzMC
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Archaeologists Are Creating a Database of Endangered Sites
Scholars estimate that in North Africa and the Middle East alone, there could be up to five million archaeological sites. The majority are still unknown or else have never been officially recorded.
Art
8 Figurative Painters in an Atemporal World
Recurrent throughout 8 Painters are stylings on past painterly marks and movements, not so much placed in quotations as absorbed into a work’s facture.
Art
Two Exhibitions Examine the Art of the American Side Show
Long before Desperate Housewives, Honey Boo Boo, or any of those viral BuzzFeed lists, there was the American side show.