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Edgar Degas

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London’s National Gallery Renames Degas’s “Russian Dancers” as “Ukrainian Dancers”

Avatar photo by Valentina Di Liscia April 5, 2022April 5, 2022

Calls to rename the mislabeled work have intensified since the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

Posted inArt

Pastel Then, Pastel Now

by Stephen Truax December 14, 2019January 15, 2021

The Swiss artist Nicolas Party is both the subject and curator of Pastel, an extraordinary exhibition examining the under-appreciated, fugitive medium and its history.

Posted inArt

The Trouble with Renoir’s Nudes

by David Carrier August 3, 2019August 2, 2019

Renoir: The Body, The Senses makes some attempts, vain in my opinion, to present Renoir as a politically progressive artist, even a closet feminist.

Posted inIn Brief

X-Rays of Degas Sculptures Illuminate His Unconventional Process

by Claire Voon October 2, 2017

Conservation scientists at the Fitzwilliam Museum shed some light on the everyday objects forming the armatures of three surviving beeswax sculptures.

Posted inBooks

The Blindness of Edgar Degas

Avatar photo by Thomas Micchelli August 12, 2017August 14, 2017

His virulent belief system, which led him to cut off his Jewish friends in the wake of the Dreyfus Affair, is unredeemed by his art.

Posted inArt

Degas and His Fascination with 19th-Century Hat Culture

Avatar photo by Emily Wilson July 24, 2017July 24, 2017

The exhibit at the Legion of Honor Museum includes paintings by Impressionists, along with period hats and bonnets embellished with silk flowers, ribbons, plumes, and feathers.

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The Pursuit of Art, 2016

Avatar photo by Thomas Micchelli December 31, 2016January 15, 2017

The first painting I saw in 2016 was “Cockman Always Rises Orange” (2015): we can’t say we weren’t warned.

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Best of 2016: Our Top 20 NYC Art Shows

Avatar photo by Hyperallergic December 27, 2016December 30, 2016

This list barely scratches the surface of the city’s artistic offerings this year, from overdue retrospectives to surprising sides of artists we know well.

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Smeary Smeary Edgar Degas

Avatar photo by Thomas Micchelli April 16, 2016April 20, 2016

The first picture that caught me up short was “Factory Smoke” (1877–79), hanging alone on a freestanding wall in the middle of the gallery.

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How Artists Portrayed Prostitution in 19th-Century Paris

by Joseph Nechvatal December 25, 2015December 30, 2015

PARIS — Perhaps out of a kindred permissive, libertine spirit, prostitution — both chic demi-mondaine and lascivious, pierreuse street-walker style — played a central role in the nascent development of modern painting.

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Crimes of the Art

Avatar photo by Benjamin Sutton October 27, 2015

On this week’s art crime blotter: refugees reject Banksy’s gesture, Hobby Lobby family investigated for Iraqi loot acquisition, and art that looks like trash gets tossed.

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Rare 1915 Films Show Rodin, Monet, Renoir, and Degas in Their Twilight Years

Avatar photo by Allison Meier September 22, 2015February 4, 2017

In 1915, with the newly innovated film camera, a young Russian-born, French actor named Sacha Guitry captured some of France’s greatest artists and authors.

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