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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.
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Messi World Cup Photo Deposes Egg as Most-Liked Post on Instagram
The post has accrued more than 64 million likes and counting, meaning Messi’s victory is now twofold.
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The New LA Medieval Torture Museum No One Asked For
The museum is the second most elaborate Los Angeles institution devoted to human suffering, after the Hollywood film industry.
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Turkey Targets Film Deemed “LGBT Propaganda”
The Turkish Culture Ministry has demanded its funding back on an award-winning independent film after a smear campaign by conservative media.
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Artadia Increases Artist’s Grants in Response to Inflation
In a rare move, the organization will retroactively pay this year's grant recipients to match the new prize amount.
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Photography Curator Arrested for Attempted Child Molestation
Efrem Zelony-Mindell faces charges of distribution and possession of child pornography and attempted enticement of a minor.
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Richmond’s Last Confederate Statue Comes Down
“The work to battle entrenched white supremacy in our communities is far from over,” said artist Sandy Williams IV.
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Vatican to Return Its Parthenon Marbles Fragments to Greece
Pope Francis called the works’ repatriation a “donation.”
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Cézanne Portrait, Hidden for 158 Years, Found Under a Still Life
The painting, discovered by a Cincinnati Art Museum conservator, might be one of the Post-Impressionist painter’s first self-portraits.