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A View From the Easel
“I like to work in the afternoon and evening when the sun is crescendoing to absorb the beauty of the golden hour.”
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Leonora Carrington Masterpiece Sells for $28.5M, Shattering Records
The Surrealist work, acquired by Argentinian museum founder Eduardo F. Costantini, makes Carrington the most valuable UK-born woman artist on the public market.
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After Shift to Indigenous Governance, Forge Project Names New Fellows
The six artists, musicians, and advocates will each receive a $25,000 grant and a three-week residency this summer in the Mahicannituck (Hudson River) Valley.
Books
How the Black Meme Turns a Trope Into a Trap
Legacy Russell’s Black Meme argues that owning, replicating, and remediating Black material is a theft rooted in historical frameworks of subordination.
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Six New York Shows to Close Out Your May
The beautiful and the bad — paintings and otherwise — make an impression in galleries this month.
Art
In Weaving Abstraction, Textiles Travel Through Space and Time
The Met show pays tribute to the designs and technical innovations of long-ago weavers and the 20th-century artists who took inspiration from them.
Art
The Complex Legacy and Uncertain Future of Austin’s Mexic-Arte Museum
Despite its legacy as a hub of Latinx art, the institution has been housed in a dilapidated building for decades and, more recently, faced allegations of discrimination.
Art
Portrait of King Charles Gives New Meaning to “Bloody Hell”
The painting by British artist Jonathan Yeo was met with a torrent of memes, online reactions, and expressions of puzzlement.
Art
Preserving the Art of Palestinian Taṭrīz 76 Years After the Nakba
An online archive of digitized patterns features more than 1,000 motifs pertaining to the traditional embroidery art form.
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How the Met Gala Catalyzed a “Celebrity Block Party”
Social media is on a blocking spree after witnessing the garish annual display of wealth juxtaposed with images of dead Palestinian children in Rafah.
Art
A Student-Acquired Art Collection Reflects the Times
Wake Forest University is one of the few American institution of higher education to establish a collection of student-acquired art.
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Sale of De la Cruz Collection Raises Concerns in Miami’s Art World
As major artworks head to auction, some question whether the city’s over-dependence on private collections is harmful to its arts ecosystem.