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Nicole Kidman's Billion-Dollar Breakfast at Christie's
The Hollywood star helped promote an evening sale that set new auction records for Pollock and Brancusi works.
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Bahar Behbahani Brings the Persian Garden to NYC
With the spring art fairs behind us, we can relax for a moment and enjoy some restorative community time. That’s exactly the purpose of Bahar Behbahani’s Damask Rose project at Governors Island, where artists and cultural practitioners convened to share stories, play music, and make art. Diba Mohtasham
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A Persian Garden Blooms on Governors Island
Bahar Behbahani convened artists and cultural practitioners for a four-hour event, blending performance and dialogue with rest and community.
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“Gaza Love” Monument Unveiled in Paterson, NJ
Kyle Goen’s artwork anchors the city’s recently dedicated Gaza Square.
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The Painted Book Cover Is Back
The recent shift toward figuration on book covers may reflect a broader desire for physical presence — proof of the artist’s hand in the digital age.
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The Black American Artists Who Dazzled Post-War Paris
An exhibition in Chicago celebrates the painters, writers, and performers who sought freedom in the city of light and left an indelible mark on its history.
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Gabrielle Goliath’s "Elegy" Comes to Venice
A review of the show that was censored by the South African government, Seattle Art Museum workers push for a union, and 12 art books to read this summer.
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Our Summer Art Reading List
Whenever I’m stuck in a reading rut, I find that art books of any kind are the only ones that can rescue me. This time, it’s Kory Stamper’s True Color, a transfixing story about the man who originated Merriam-Webster Dictionary’s definitions for colors. A begonia,
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A Contemporary Art Haven Just a PATH Ride Away
More than a third of Mana Contemporary’s artists opened their spaces to the public for its spring open studios event, the largest participation number in years.
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Martin Wong’s Brick Monument to Popeye
He repurposed bygone cartoon characters and gave them new life with a queer, magpie sensibility, which still pops two decades after his death.
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Seattle Art Museum Workers Move to Unionize
Over 100 employees are urging the museum to voluntarily recognize the union, citing unsustainable wages and subpar benefits.
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Who’s That Nude Figure on a Washing Machine Outside the New Museum?
Sarah Lucas’s new public sculpture “VENUS VICTORIA,” on view for the next two years, subverts the mostly male history of public monuments.