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Two members of Gainsborough's family were killed over a financial dispute when the artist was a child. Without their deaths, it's possible that he may never have had the chance to study painting.
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A city law effectively banned the outdoor sale of art outside the French Quarter, but one artist has helped to set a new precedent with his win against the code on First Amendment grounds.
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Candice Hopkins curated the sculptures by six Canadian Indigenous artists in Edmonton's North Saskatchewan River Valley.
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Experts are now "99 percent" certain that the genitalia featured in Courbet's painting belongs to the ballet dancer Constance Quéniaux.
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Abramović was leaving a book-signing event when her assailant approached with a self-made portrait of the performance artist, suddenly smashing it over her head.
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After artists featured in a Chimento Contemporary exhibition engaged with protesters outside, their show was pressured to shut down.
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From its earliest stages, the memorial site has been plagued with islamophobic conspiracy theories about its design. "The Tower of Voices" is no different.
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Ai Weiwei returns to the United States, Salvator Mundi's origins are revealed, and Chinese antiquities evade Trump's tariffs.
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Plus, a Paul Rand photogram sells at auction, and Christie's and Sotheby's sell a number of Chinese and Southeast Asian works and artifacts.
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The 14th annual Museum Day, sponsored by the Smithsonian, will celebrate “Women Making History” in 2018.
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20 former members of his Troubleyn troupe penned a letter accusing him of sexual harassment and misconduct, and the Flanders culture ministry has stepped in to investigate.
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We talked to Shimon Attie and the subjects of his project about the state of political asylum in America.