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The 18th-century Brazilian sculptor Aleijadinho was the mixed-race son of a black slave and one of his country's most legendary artists. In the gold-rich state of Minas Gerais, where millions lost their lives in the mines, tourists still pay to visit the immaculate baroque churches he embellished.
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Has Williamsburg's supercharged gentrification cycle come full circle and spurred a new influx of galleries? How else to explain the opening of two new art galleries in the neighborhood in the last two months?
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ROME — The best way to get to Monitor gallery is to avoid the crowded road that runs by it and venture instead into the maze of alleyways of the city center. Passing by the myriad of columns, Renaissance plazas, and Baroque churches, you'll arrive at the immaculate space with almost a sense of relie
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Judy Rifka and I met 10 years ago, when I was selecting a work of hers for an exhibition. Her studio was dense with paintings, a testament to how prolific and energetic she is.
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Earlier this year, as part of the Whitney Biennial, I had my Tarot cards read by Flawless Sabrina.
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BRIGHTON, UK — Attempting an interview with Chicks on Speed is a logistical challenge, as members of the art and music collective are dispersed around the world.
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The art world's favorite dirty joke of 2014 — Paul McCarthy's suggestive "Tree" inflatable that caused Paris's prudes to perk up back in October — is coming home for the holidays.
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Robert Leutheuser is an independent cultural photographer who has dedicated himself to documenting community life in the Middle East, focusing on Kurdish peoples. Perhaps most notably, his work has helped the international community to understand who the Yezidis are.
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LONDON — Regarding the use of photographs in painting, it’s no shortcut, at least not in the work of Ben Johnson.
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The apocalypse may be a popular trope in sci-fi films and mass market fiction, but it's not something most people have ever actually prepared for.
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By now the Hermitage cats, the troupe of feline pest control agents residing at the State Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg, are well known, but Anna Jermolaewa is providing some historical context for all the cuteness.
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I crossed my fingers and wrote as persuasively as I could when asking Des Lawrence for an interview. The artist Tom Chamberlain, who picked him, warned me, "there's a possibility he might refuse; it's hard, but worth it, getting him to talk about his work." Indeed, there is nothing on the internet w