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Greenpoint Gallery Night in Pictures
Friday's crisp September evening was just the sort of weather to make touring a gallery night circuit a joy.
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Museums Beware: Thousands of Fake Louvre Tickets Discovered
China has become famous for its shanzhai culture of imitation, and now, to a long list of arty knockoffs that includes everything from iconic paintings to pop art, we can add museum tickets. Specifically, tickets to the Louvre.
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Unsolicited Advice
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On Photographing the Women of Gaza
CHICAGO — I didn't come across Tanya Habjouqa's photo series Women of Gaza underneath a sensationalized article headline about the Middle East. A friend posted one of her photos to my wall because it looked like a woman in a hijab shooting a selfie.
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Celebrating 19th-Century Chaos and Calamity with Le Petit Journal
No calamity was too chaotic or crime too grotesque for Le Petit Journal to illustrate.
Opinion
Required Reading
This week, Istanbul Biennial loses its edge, Prada Marfa is an ad, science of snobbery, a better GIF, Code Pink's photo bombs, Congress's new media law, making fun of fashion week, and more.
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Eye-Opener: Paul Feeley 1957–1962
For those who think they know the work of Paul Feeley (1910–1966) the current exhibition will likely come as a surprise
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All Art Is Contemporary, Part 1: Rome
ROME, Italy — Going to Rome means going to Caravaggio's St. Matthew cycle in the Contarelli Chapel of the Church of San Luigi dei Francesi, near the Piazza Navona. And going to the St. Matthew cycle means being captivated by "The Martyrdom of St. Matthew" (1599–1600), one of the most enthralling wor
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Medieval Bling: Skeletons Encrusted in Jewels and Gold
In a forthcoming book titled Heavenly Bodies: Cult Treasures & Spectacular Saints from the Catacombs, photographer Paul Koudounaris brings before his lens bejeweled skeletons long-lost in the catacombs of Rome.
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A Long Short List of Gallery Shows to See This Fall
I don't know about you, but I was enjoying my slow, lazy summer, and then all of a sudden it was Labor Day. The art world woke up, and I went from having a few museum exhibitions I needed to catch to feeling overwhelmed by the all of the shows. So, I decided to sort through and round up some of the
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A Refuge for Analogue Photography in Bushwick
The Bushwick Community Darkroom, which in July made a minor relocation following a three-fold rent hike on its previous space, is a hub for the area's emerging photographers and artists.
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Art Movements
A new Van Gogh painting is revealed, a strange turn to the Rotterdam Kunsthal case, DIA changes its donor policy, NASA joins Instagram, a flurry of museum appointments and funding, and more.