Art
The Sculptural, Musical Paintings of Mary Heilmann
LONDON — When I first walked into the Whitechapel Gallery, I thought I was looking at a Barnett Newman zip painting on the far wall.
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The Many Influences and Invasions that Shaped Two Millennia of Sicilian Art
LONDON — Sicily: Culture and Conquest is one of the last exhibitions commissioned by outgoing British Museum director Neil MacGregor and encapsulates what made his tenure so valuable.
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Mapping the Fossils and Meteorite Impacts in London's Architecture
The building blocks of urban landscapes are often riddled with fossils, with Jurassic reptile bones and Cretaceous sea creatures sometimes emerging from the stone surfaces.
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From a Missing Woman to an Overpowering Odor, Adventures from London's First Art Night
LONDON — “Have you seen Betty? She has big boobs! She has disappeared!”
In Brief
UK Unveils Its First Public Statue of a Historic Black Woman
Last Thursday, a monumental statue of Mary Seacole was unveiled in London.
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Lucian Freud’s Unseen Self-Portrait and Sketchbooks Go on View
“Truth heads into naked people bodies bodies whole complete living naked women avoid facial expression make bodies expressive of feeling,” scribbled painter Lucian Freud in one of the sketchbooks now on display at London's National Portrait Gallery.
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Wolfgang Tillmans Focuses on Borders and Brexit in London
LONDON — Like many other Europeans living in the UK, I am not eligible to vote in Thursday's referendum that will decide whether Britain should leave or remain in the European Union.
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Protesters Demand “Where Is Ana Mendieta?” in Tate Modern Expansion
LONDON — Posters all around London advertising Tate Modern’s new building proudly proclaim: “Art Changes. We Change.”
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The Incredible Electric Eric: Rebuilding a Lost 1920s British Robot
By all accounts, the debut of the UK's first humanoid robot was a startling affair.
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The Woman Who Found Abstraction Before the Modernists
LONDON — The first thought that struck me about the Serpentine Gallery’s exhibition of Swedish artist Hilma af Klint, Painting the Unseen, was: Thank goodness — finally a solo show starring a female artist!
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A Show About Delacroix’s Influence Is Sorely Missing His Work
LONDON — Delacroix and the Rise of Modern Art suffers from too few of Delacroix’s works and far too much of the “modern art.”
In Brief
Activists Strap Artist-Made Pollution Masks on London's Statues
From Buckingham Palace's white marble Queen Victoria to the famous aluminum Eros in Piccadilly Circus, high-profile statues of historical and mythical figures across London have become central participants in an air pollution protest.