Art
Was John Singer Sargent an Insufferable Snob?
Sargent’s sitters were all rich enough to employ him — the nouveau riches or (less often) the aristocratic, though it hardly matters.
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After Controversy, Smithsonian Names Director of Women's History Museum
Elizabeth C. Babcock will be the museum’s first director after the initial appointee, Nancy Yao, withdrew amid an investigation into allegations.
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UrbanGlass Staff Leave Exhibition After Board Excludes Palestinian Artist’s Work
The board said the neon artwork, which features the phrase “from the river to the sea,” could be interpreted as a “call for violence.”
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A True and Exact History of Queer Indigenous Sovereignty
Miss Chief, artist Kent Monkman’s alter ego, narrates the story of Turtle Island not as a settler allegory but from the perspective of the land itself.
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Painting the History of India’s Anti-Caste Movement
Upending narrow framings, Vikrant Bhise renders the grassroots and captures the ongoing struggle to end casteism.
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Seeing Ourselves and Each Other in Buffalo’s Black Arts Scene
I can only hope my work helps preserve the legacy of this community as the next generation builds upon the blueprints laid before them.
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New York Times Art Critic Roberta Smith Retiring After 32 Years
She was appointed co-chief art critic in 2011, becoming the first woman at the paper to hold the title.
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Paintings That Capture the Full Force of Nature
There’s nothing still in Melinda Braathen’s still lifes, which are lush and alive, growing, pulsing, vibrating.
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Met Museum Staff Urges Leaders to Address Israel’s Attacks on Gaza
Over 150 workers at the Metropolitan Museum of Art say the institution must call for a ceasefire and take a stand against the destruction of heritage sites.
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Uncanny Kate Middleton Family Photo Spawns Even Weirder Memes
The Princess’s decision to share a strangely edited image and then apologize for it did little to quell the internet’s absurd conspiracies.
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LA Protesters Block Traffic, Chanting “No Oscars During Genocide”
More than 1,000 organizers, artists, and film workers gathered to protest what they see as Hollywood's silence and complicity with the Israeli government.
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The Synergetic Spirit of Buffalo's Black Arts Community
The continuum of Black artists in the city has fostered decades of spaces and practices centering accessibility and the link between art and life.