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Plastic Bongs, Chinese Mini-Zines, and Endless Labors of Love at the LA Art Book Fair
The fair is a cornucopia of art-world rarities, oddities, and editioned experiments at every turn.
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Playing with Time on a Gilded Age Piano
George A. Schastey had one of the most popular design firms among New York City's Gilded Age elite, but now his work is barely known.
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A New Municipal Gallery in San Francisco Keeps Its Focus on the Bay Area
SAN FRANCISCO — The 1960s upset the status quo in nearly all realms of American life. The decade issued radical ways of thinking about, making, performing, and exhibiting art, and San Francisco was at the vanguard.
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Vinegar Valentines: The Nasty Anonymous Letters of the Victorian Age
In the late 19th century, a valentine in the post might not necessarily mean a romantic message from a lover or admirer, it could be a downright acidic insult.
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See Joan Miró’s Majorca Studio Recreated in All Its Cluttered Glory
“My dream, once I am able to settle down somewhere, is to have a very large studio,” the Spanish artist Joan Miró wrote.
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Ancient Erotic Dreams and Explicit Scenes in the New York Public Library Collection
Eroticism has always had a rich presence throughout art history.
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Revisiting a Subversive Mexican Art Collective and the Country’s Forgotten Crimes
MEXICO CITY — At first glance, the room seems innocuous.
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In the Museum for 100 Days, a Performance Artist Pushes Us to Reflect on Time
BOSTON — There are so many layers to Marilyn Arsem’s piece at the Museum of Fine Arts that it's a bit hard to know where to start.
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The Dynamic Distortions of a Formal Painter
Mernet Larsen claims an unlikely pair of influences: 15th-century Italian painting and the austere abstractions of the Russian modernist El Lissitzky (1890–1941).
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Quiet and Haunting Photographs of Our Modern Ruins
Our fascination with ruins is nothing new.
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An Exhibition Goes in Search of Victor Hugo's Artistic Libido
PARIS — With Eros Hugo: Between Modesty and Excess, the Maison Victor Hugo offers up a fervent paradox: how can an author lead a bawdy and risqué lifestyle while handling the subject of sex prudishly in his virtuosic writings?
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Paintings of Roller Derby Butt Bruises as Feminist Badges of Honor
For most people, a nasty bruise is something to cover up.