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Russian Missile Strikes Damage at Least Seven Museums in Kyiv
Ukraine’s defense minister called the strikes, which targeted power plants and civilian areas, “war crimes.”
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The Many Shades of Iran’s Protest Art
In the four decades since the Islamic Revolution, Iranian artists have used clever tactics and unconventional modes of art-making to display disobedience.
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Co-Creating With Fungal Mold
Silas Inoue’s “mold paintings” set a dark, suggestive mood.
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A Neurodivergent Artist Asserts His Agency
The power of Mike Hack's art lies not just in his slyly irreverent interventions but in the fact that these interventions come from within the autistic community.
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The Offhand Beauty of Houston’s Third Ward
Colby Deal’s photographs capture very little on an individual basis, but an entire world when taken in aggregate.
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Billy Al Bengston, LA Painter With a Contrarian Streak, Dies at 88
In his hard-edged abstractions, Bengston made the direct center of his paintings the focal point, a cardinal sin according to his art school teachers.
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Philadelphia Gives Boarded-Up Columbus Statue Italian Flag Paint Job
Councilman Mark Squilla spearheaded the initiative in support of the Italian-American community, a move some find offensive on Indigenous Peoples’ Day.
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Whoops! Turns Out Vermeer Didn’t Paint “Girl With a Flute”
The National Gallery of Art discovered that a student or associate painted the famous work.
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Beleaguered Philadelphia Museum of Art Disables Social Media Comments
As union members continue their indefinite strike, the museum’s social media profiles were flooded with messages of support for workers.
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Seven New Art Spaces to Visit in Manhattan
From a basement gallery to a repurposed legendary punk-rock nightclub, these new kids on the block have something for everyone.
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Kashmir's Weavers Are Fighting for Survival
Stagnant wages and mechanization are threatening the centuries-old profession.
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Art That Bridges Cultures and Heals Wounds
Silvina Der-Meguerditchian's work stands as a testament to how art exhibited in the present provides an important key to the forgotten and erased histories of the past.