In Brief
A Philadelphia Library Sues Maurice Sendak's Estate
Throughout his life, Where the Wild Things Are author Maurice Sendak made no distinction between writing for adults and writing for children. Now the courts will have their say.
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Harun Farocki and Antje Ehmann Arrive at Work
BOSTON — Two factory doors swing open and a rabble emerges. French workers literally stream out into the world in a seemingly choreographed departure after a long day at work.
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Smithsonian Plans $2 Billion Overhaul
Leaking roofs. Bad plumbing. Through-the-roof electricity bills. We've all experienced them, and the 168-year-old Smithsonian Institution is no different. This week, it announced a $2 billion dollar plan to bring its museums and gardens into the 21st century.
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How Looking for Ciphers in Shakespeare Shaped Modern Codebreaking
The theory that statesman and scientist Francis Bacon was the ghostwriter behind Shakespeare, and embedded the Bard's plays with ciphers, had a major influence on modern cryptography.
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Art Movements
This week in art news: Money, Money, Money. Over $1 billion was spent on contemporary art this week. Christie's and Sotheby's turned down an interview with NPR for their report on the American Royalties Too Act (A.R.T.), and the world's biggest art collector passed away.
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Making Sense of NYC's $1.5 Billion Art Auction Week
Listen up: $1.5 billion!
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The Interlaced Layers of Tamara Gonzales
The Brooklyn-based painter Tamara Gonzales works with spray paint and lace to create digital, optical, urban, and electric paintings.
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An Astronaut's Photographs of our Planet's Beauty and Mutilations
Astronaut photography has been influential on the perception of our planet almost since the first space missions.
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Art Collective Sues German Politician for Libel: "It Is About Freedom of Art"
The German art collective known as the Center for Political Beauty (CPB) doesn't mess around.
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Pedestrian Art, Between Transportation and Perspective
LOS ANGELES — The crisply focused exhibition Following the Prescribed Path takes place in a city that is notoriously sprawling and impractical for long-distance walking.
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A Pigment Library That Launched American Art Conservation
When the Harvard Art Museums reopen this Sunday after a six-year expansion project, historic pigments foundational to the field of art conservation in the United States will be on public view.
Art
Capturing Love, Longing, and Disappearance in a Couple's Last Days
In 2011, photographer Sarker Protick’s grandfather John developed cancer.