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How Blue Paper Revolutionized the Art of Drawing
Drawing on Blue provides a glimpse into the genesis of the tinted paper as a new vehicle for expression in European art.
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NYC Is Seeking Artists to Transform Unsightly Scaffolding
The City Canvas program will commission designs for temporary protective structures, at the expense of property owners.
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Thought Lost for 36 Years, Chicano Mural Resurfaces in Estate Sale
The discovery of panels from a mural by ASCO founding member Willie Herrón has added another chapter of intrigue to the art collective’s evolving legacy.
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Two Views of a Family Breakfast
Twenty years after creating his pastel “Lavergne Family Breakfast,” Jean-Etienne Liotard recreated it in oil, and it is astonishing to see how close the two versions are.
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Instagram Censors NYC Art Show About the Nude Body
An image for Nudity is not Radical!, an exhibition that aims to de-sexualize nudity, was ironically taken down by Meta.
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Art Dealer Admits Hunter Biden Knew Identity of Collectors
New details from the House Oversight Committee reveal flaws in the White House's ethics plan for the president’s son’s art career.
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Good Riddance to NFT Avatars on X
Let’s face it, if Jimmy Fallon is the poster child for your situation, you’re pretty much doomed.
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Four Black Artists on What It Means to Be Seen
The Wright Museum of African American History will be open on Martin Luther King Day for the last day of Being Seen, a show focused on the politics of visibility.
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Artists Pledge to Boycott German Institutions Over Stifling of Pro-Palestine Speech
Hundreds of cultural figures have decried the nation’s “McCarthyist policies” equating criticism of the Israeli government with antisemitism.
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Required Reading
This week, Brooklyn’s new anti-war mural, a former Winnipeg Art Gallery director’s Nazi ties, Naomi Klein on the BDS movement, a child art critic takes on The Met, and more.
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Stéphane Mandelbaum’s Drawings of Human Depravity
The artist-poet’s drawings tell the story of someone entangled with his own demons and his work to overcome them.
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Celebrate MLK Day at New York City’s Arts Institutions
A protest music workshop, a community mural, and film screenings and performances honor the Civil Rights leader on what would have been his 95th birthday.