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The Romantic Symbolism of Trees
The Romantic landscape artists of the 18th and 19th century were so obsessed with nature and the skies above that in 1856 critic John Ruskin called the frenzy "modern-day cloud worship."
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RISD Museum to Unveil New Galleries Featuring Ancient Egyptian and Asian Art
The Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) Museum is opening the newly renovated sixth floor of its Eliza G. Radeke building to the public this Friday.
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Over 100 Artists and Intellectuals Call for Withdrawal from Creative Time Exhibition
Over 100 artists and intellectuals — including Judith Butler, Lucy Lippard, Chantal Mouffe, Walid Raad, Martha Rosler, and Gayatri Spivak — have signed on to a public letter calling on participants to withdraw from Creative Time's traveling Living as Form exhibition on the grounds that it is current
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Selfie Delusions? National Trust Dubiously Rebrands Rembrandt Self-portrait
UK's National Trust is really excited they now have an "authentic" Rembrandt self-portrait, and they want everyone to know.
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The Mystery of the Orient Express Resurfaces at a Paris Museum
PARIS — In forming an exhibition on the Orient Express, the railroad line most steeped in myth, it was wise to bring in the body of the train itself.
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Summer Courses for Artists at Ox-Bow, in Saugatuck, Michigan
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How Are They Keeping Rats Off Kara Walker's Sugar Sculptures?
Kara Walker's 75-foot-long, 35-foot-tall sculpture made of 160,000 pounds of sugar rests in the expansive, soon-to-be-razed Domino Sugar Refinery, surrounded by 15 five-foot-tall statues of boys coated in molasses and brown sugar. Where are all the sugar-seeking pests?
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Art Rx
This week, the annual Museum Mile Festival kicks off, the Guggenheim screens Futurist films, funky turns 40, an abstract tribute to artist Leo Rabkin takes place in Brooklyn, Rico Gatson's solo show at Studio 10 looks great, and lots more.
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Bit Rot: The Limits of Conservation
Bad things can happen to almost any art. Casino impresario Steve Wynn famously stuck an elbow through his Picasso while bragging about the high price he was about to get for his trophy canvas, and a clumsy visitor to the Fitzwilliam Museum managed to trip on a staircase and take out a whole row of i
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One Day Pina Asked... and Chantal Akerman Listened
Beginning life as an installment in a European television series on modern dance, One Day Pina Asked… (1983) is the best cinematic reflection on the late, great modern dance choreographer Pina Bausch.
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Art Between Image and Text
To appreciate the group exhibition Thanks for Writing at 601Artspace, you must be prepared to savor the written word. The show highlights diverse considerations of the relationship between language and visual art with 14 artists addressing disparate topics and working in different media.
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Access the Art World Anytime, Anywhere: Online Courses from Sotheby’s Institute of Art
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