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Why Did the Old Masters Add Egg Yolk to Paint?
It was long assumed the trace amounts of proteins found in paintings were due to contamination, but a new study suggests the use of egg was deliberate.
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Kwame Brathwaite, “Black Is Beautiful” Photographer, Dies at 85
Throughout his six-decade career, Brathwaite harnessed the power of photography to recalibrate the public understanding of Blackness.
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Six Perfumes That Capture the Met Museum’s Essence
The new fragrances are compatible with in-room diffusers, so you can now refer to your living room as the Egyptian Gallery.
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LA’s Getty Museum Helps UK Acquire “Portrait of Omai”
In a rare move, the Getty and the National Portrait Gallery in London will split the $62M cost of the painting.
Art
Josephine Halvorson Paints to Remember
She invites the viewer to contemplate all the ways we mark and live in time, and how much of what we record and keep we will eventually dispose of.
Opinion
The Objectification of Yayoi Kusama
Louis Vuitton's collaboration with the artist raises questions of autonomy, agency, and objecthood.
Opportunities
Opportunities in April 2023
From residencies, fellowships, and workshops to grants, open calls, and commissions, our monthly list of opportunities for artists, writers, and art workers.
Art
An Artist's Gift of Care
Artist Soo Kim's latest series is about the act of arranging, about the impulse to create something with our hands for ourselves and for others.
Art
René Mederos and Ho Chi Minh’s Sandals
René Mederos’s portrait of the Vietnamese leader calls us to that moment when the politician sat by a riverbank, theorizing and analyzing a world he wanted to change.
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Climate Activists Dye Famous Roman Fountain Water Black
Activists said fountains are symbolic "of the refreshment offered by the water and, on the other, of the danger it can represent."
Announcement
Latinx Art and American Pasts and Futures
Join the New-York Historical Society for a virtual conversation on efforts to advance Latinx art in American museums with curators Marcela Guerrero, Rodrigo Moura, and E. Carmen Ramos.
Art
Goya's Coded Love Letter to the Duchess of Alba
Goya neatly clothes himself in his own world of fantasy: He will have her in the end. In life, where the climate is much chillier, it was, alas, to be otherwise.