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Philip Guston Painting Sparks Dialogue in a Local Museum
A 1969 work by the artist, whose darkly comedic work challenges white supremacy by subverting KKK imagery, is displayed in San Luis Obispo through a free loan program.
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BRIC and Bronx Children's Museum Join Cultural Institutions Group
They are among five NYC organizations newly added to the coalition, which receives significant funding and energy subsidies from the city.
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The Seductive Repetition of Susan Rothenberg
An exhibition introduces her as a dynamically multi-faceted artist, even as she revisited the same subjects over and over.
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Four New York City Art Shows to See Right Now
From sapphic art related to the sea to generations of Black women ceramicists, some of our favorite shows touch on identity and community.
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How Black Women Ceramicists Shaped Art History
Body Vessel Clay at the Ford Foundation Gallery spans three generations of artists who embody continuity, molding the past and present.
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Lorna Simpson’s Black American Sublime
An exhibition at The Met positions Black history in the Romantic tradition, but the large scale of these paintings can undercut their impact.
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A Couple’s Quest to Heal Through Psychedelic Art
Nestled in the hamlet of Wappingers Falls in Upstate New York, the Chapel of Sacred Mirrors reflects Alex and Allyson Grey’s lifelong dedication to Visionary Art.
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Activists Condemn Arrest of NYC Protest Photographer Alexa Wilkinson
Wilkinson was charged with a hate crime for social media posts critical of the New York Times’s executive editor over the publication’s Israel coverage.
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When Casino Developers Use Museums to Sweeten the Deal
Two failed proposals for casinos in NYC tried to entice community leaders with the prospect of building new cultural institutions.
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AI Company Says It Has Outsmarted Caravaggio Experts
A work long believed to be a copy is in fact an original by the Italian Baroque painter, claims Art Recognition, which boasts that it can determine authenticity “based only on a photograph.”
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The Art Crossword: Impressionism Edition
Start fall right with Water Lilies, ballerina sculptures, an American artist in Paris, and more clues about the beloved movement.
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The Black American Artist Who Found Himself in Finland
The first retrospective of Howard Smith’s works in his home country beguilingly blurs the distinctions between art, design, and décor.