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An Unlikely East-West Collaboration in 1830s Portraits of Tumor Patients

Guangzhou, then called Canton by Westerners, was the only Chinese port open to foreign trading until the Opium Wars of the 19th century, and it became a rare hub of direct interactions between the two cultures. One of these resulted in a surprisingly moving series of paintings portraying bodies disf

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Artists Crank Up the Transcendent Power of Music

What is a DJ? Maybe you can get to an answer by understanding where the DJ is — that pivot point, that hub around which we as dancers oscillate, in the orbit of the music the DJ arranges and organizes.

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Donald Trump Used His Foundation's Money to Buy a Painting of Himself [UPDATED]

A thick veil of mystery swaths the Donald J. Trump Foundation and its many transactions, but a recent investigation has determined that its wispy-haired founder once spent $20,000 of his charity's money to purchase a portrait for his own keeping.

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Native American Students Fight to Remove Colonial Imagery from University of New Mexico

ALBUQUERQUE — Students and activists at the University of New Mexico have renewed an almost 50-year-old effort to abolish colonial imagery on campus, beginning with the school’s official seal.

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After Sunset, Phantoms of Montreal's Past Appear

MONTRÉAL — At sunset in the oldest streets of Montréal, ghosts of the city's past animate on its walls.

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A Singular Enterprise

I have been doing my best to follow Marilyn Lerner ever since I reviewed her exhibition at John Good for Artforum (May 1989).

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In New Paintings, Elisabeth Condon Pours on Color and Unexpected Forms

It isn’t easy to make a good abstract painting.

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An Incredible Map Collection Gets Its First Physical Home

Since the 1990s, collector David Rumsey has digitized and made freely available his thousands of historical maps; his site has long been one of the best resources for cartography.

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Seeing the Deterioration of Technology in Thomas Struth’s Photographs

BERLIN — Thomas Struth’s current exhibit at the Martin-Gropius-Bau is compact yet compelling.

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Organizers Cancel Turkish Biennial Amid Fears of Government Crackdown

On Monday, the organizers of the Çanakkale Biennial canceled the exhibition's fifth edition, which was due to open on September 24.

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Six Decades of Images Trace the Spectacle of American Politics

SOUTHAMPTON, NY — It’s an unusual election year, one in which the two front-running presidential candidates have both been in the public eye for more than three decades.

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Construction of Dakota Access Pipeline May Have Bulldozed Indigenous History

Last Friday, Tim Mentz, Sr., former Standing Rock Sioux tribal historic preservation officer, filed a declaration with the US district court detailing archaeological sites, including graves, alongside the planned pathway of the Dakota Access Pipeline.