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Back When the Olympics Had Art Competitions
From 1912 to 1948, awards were given out for works of art in roughly five different categories — architecture, literature, music, painting, and sculpture — for artworks inspired by sport.
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Sochi, Arshile Gorky, and the Winter Olympics
While the world is watching the XXII Winter Olympic opening ceremonies in Sochi, Russia, I thought it would be an interesting time to explore one of the most famous mentions of Sochi in art, Arshile Gorky's Garden in Sochi series (1938–42).
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Art Movements
UNESCO pledges support for Cairo museum, George Bellows painting leaves Virginia for London, major Islamic art loan at the Dallas Museum, missing Empire State Building art, and more from the week in art news.
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A View from the Easel
Studios in Canada, Croatia, and the United States.
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Waxing and Waning with the Stars in Hollywood
LOS ANGELES — President Barack Obama stands fully formed in wax towards the exit of the entertaining, kitschy tourist trap that is the Hollywood Wax Museum. Celebrity gazing is a thoroughly American tradition.
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An Underground Pool and More Proposed Uses for Paris Ghost Stations
A Parisian mayoral candidate is proposing turning the city's abandoned subway stations into public space.
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Celebrated Japanese Composer Reveals Himself as a Fake
The huge news story out of Japan today is that renowned classical music composer composer Mamoru Samuragochi is a fraud. It turns out Samuragochi, who's been hailed as a genius and, because he was deaf, a contemporary Japanese Beethoven, had been hiring someone else to write his compositions for him
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Five Discoveries Among the Eclectic Curiosities of the 2014 Metro Show
At the end of last month, the 2014 Metro Show in Manhattan brought a miscellany of oddities the likes of which are rarely seen at art fairs. From art of the occult to sideshow advertisements to deeply unsettling children's toys, the experience was like tumbling into a cluttered curiosity shop.
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Balthus Exhibition Canceled Amid Accusations of Pedophilia
In response to a public outcry, the Museum Folkwang in Essen, Germany, has canceled an exhibition of Polaroid photographs taken by the French-Polish artist Balthus, The Art Newspaper reported.
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Portugal Tries and Fails to Sell Art to Help Pay Debts
Can and should a government sell art to help pay off its debts? That's been the question driving ongoing discussions about Detroit, but it's also being raised across the Atlantic, where 85 works by Joan Miró were withdrawn from a Christie's auction this week.
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Your Handy Guide to Greenpoint Gallery Night
The first Greenpoint Gallery Night of 2014 is taking place on Friday, February 7 (6–9pm). Here's your guide to what to see and do in Brooklyn's northernmost neighborhood, where pierogies, artisanal pizza, small-batch gin, kolbassa, and lots and lots of art easily mix.
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A Nightmarish History of Spanish Drawings
For the first time, the dark manifestations of the Spanish drawings held by the Morgan Library and Museum are seeing the gallery lights. Visions and Nightmares: Four Centuries of Spanish Drawings opened last month as the museum's inaugural foray into the overlooked history of drawing in Spanish art.