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This Close-Up of an Ant’s Face Will Scar You Forever
The image is one of many in the Nikon Small World Photomicrography Competition that reveals the devil is definitely in the details.
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Rare 2,700-Year-Old Stone Carvings Discovered in Iraq
The ancient slabs were found during the excavation of the Mashki Gate, partially destroyed by Islamic State militants in 2016.
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A Better Museum Experience for Color-Blind Visitors
At the Dallas Museum of Art, visitors with red-green deficiencies can now check out a pair of color blindness alleviation lenses at no cost.
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Art Critic Peter Schjeldahl Dies at 80
With little formal training in art history or practice, Schjeldahl dove into criticism simply out of a passion for art.
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Michigan Art Dealer Swindled Seniors in $1.6M Fraud Scheme
Wendy Halsted Beard defrauded her clients of over 100 photographs, including works by Ansel Adams, and targeted elderly collectors.
Announcement
Paris Photo Celebrates Its 25th Anniversary
The largest international fair dedicated to photography will bring together 184 exhibitors from 31 countries in the heart of Paris this November.
Art
Required Reading
This week, lessons from the Philly art museum strike, Airbnb’s role in the housing crisis, the difference between “chai” and “tea,” and more.
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Golden Artist Colors Launches New “High-Flow” Acrylics
From iridescents and fluorescents to light-value pigments, the employee-owned company now sells its popular high-flow paints in 85 colors.
Art
Dean Fleming Paints the Fourth Dimension
Fleming's geometric paintings are not the Minimalism of Greenberg and Judd, with their insistence on flatness and the elimination of space in painting.
Art
Greek Mythology as an Allegory for Gay Dating
Paul Anagnostopoulos's painted terra cottas are rife with rich allegory to unpack — whether you’re LGBTQ+ or not.
Books
Chronicles of a Financial Collapse
Carla Zaccagnini’s Cuentos de Cuentas recounts her personal history amid Latin America’s history of financial crises.
Opinion
The Future of Art Censorship Is Being Decided Without Artists
And it’s mostly our own fault.