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Protesters Take to Met Museum to Denounce Charges Against Climate Activists

by Rhea Nayyar June 28, 2023June 29, 2023

The action was staged in solidarity with climate protesters Joanna Smith and Tim Martin, who were indicted for targeting a Degas sculpture.

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Climate Activists Who Targeted Degas “Dancer” Indicted

Avatar photo by Elaine Velie May 30, 2023May 30, 2023

Timothy Martin and Joanna Smith face penalties of up to $250,000 in fines and five years in prison for smearing paint on the plexiglass case protecting the sculpture.

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Manet’s Controversial Nude Is Coming to New York

by Rhea Nayyar May 11, 2023May 15, 2023

“Olympia” (1863) will be shown in the US for the first time as part of a Met exhibition focused on the joint careers of Édouard Manet and 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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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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