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The Wildest Art Stories of 2022
The unbelievable, hilarious, or just plain mind-boggling things that happened in the world of art in 2022.
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The Art Stories That Defined 2022
There was more to this year’s art news than tomato-souped Van Goghs — though that made our list, too.
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Man Buried Under Notre Dame Had "Extraordinarily Good Teeth"
A sarcophagus found beneath the floor slabs of the Paris church belonged to Antoine de la Porte, who provided financial contributions for the cathedral’s choir.
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Can Public Art Save New York’s Grittiest Bus Terminal?
Nine contemporary artists have taken over vacant advertising spaces at the aesthetically beleaguered Port Authority.
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Largest-Ever Vermeer Exhibition Opening at Rijksmuseum in 2023
From February through June, the Amsterdam museum will display 28 works by the Dutch Golden Age master.
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168 New Geoglyphs Discovered in Peru
The newly discovered Nazca lines depict humans, cats, killer whales, birds, and snakes and date between 100 BCE and 300 CE.
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The Artist Making T-Shirts Printed With Gay Men’s Blood
Zain Curtis's works protest anti-LGBTQ+ donation guidelines that date back to the 1980s AIDS crisis.
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“Sexy Robots” Are Coming to Miami
The Museum of Sex, based in New York, has revealed plans for an expansion to Florida in 2023.
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Jair Bolsonaro’s “Aesthetic Crisis” Is Coming to an End
The right-wing populist’s tenure has been marked by campaign aesthetics and fan art considered tacky at best.
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Vandals Destroy 30,000-Year-Old Indigenous Rock Art in Australia
The drawings, which experts say are irrecoverable, are of particular significance to the Mirning People.
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The Race to Open the Kochi-Muziris Biennale
Bureaucratic hold-ups and heavy rains delayed the event, but on the ground, artists and organizers are working around the clock to make it a reality.
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Philip Pearlstein, Whose Paintings “Rescued the Human Figure,” Dies at 98
Pearlstein made a mark on the course of art history by depicting unromanticized views of the human body at a time when such realism was unpopular.