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Betty Woodman, Pathbreaking Ceramicist, Dies at 87
Though she trained as a craftsperson, Woodman quickly outgrew the conventions of craft and began making powerful, unclassifiable work.
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John Portman, the Architect Who Made Modernist Atriums Sci-fi, Dies at 93
With their enormous atria, elaborate fountains, and glass elevators, John Portman's hotels are straight out of a science fiction movie.
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A New Website Profiles Pioneering Female Architects
The recently launched online portal features profiles of 50 women born before 1940 who made significant contributions to architecture in the US.
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A New Website Profiles Pioneering Female Architects
The recently launched online portal features profiles of 50 women born before 1940 who made significant contributions to architecture in the US.
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Art Movements
This week in art news: the $10 million reward for solving the Gardner Museum heist was set to expire without eliciting new clues, five works by Hans Hofmann missing for more than a decade were recovered, and a four-story mural of a penis was painted over.
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Kerry James Marshall's Largest Work Yet Honors Women in the Arts
Marshall recently unveiled a 132-foot-wide, 100-foot-tall mural that pays homage to 20 women who shaped Chicago's cultural scene.
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Giant Mural of Phallus on the Lower East Side Pricks Locals [UPDATED]
A provocative, building-length mural has aroused responses from giggles to outrage.
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Artist Tim Rollins Has Died at 62
Through his more than three decades working with the collective KOS (Kids of Survival), Rollins developed a unique model for art as collaboration, activism, and pedagogy.
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In Light of Downsizing, Texas Arts Library Faces Uncertain Future
The Fine Arts Library at the University of Texas, Austin, was significantly downsized over the summer and may shrink further as more materials are relocated to off-campus storage.
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Required Reading
This week, Sweden's ice hotel unveils their art suites, the story of anime in Arabic, pop culture loves Frank Lloyd Wright, how Natural History Museum skew history, new New York landmarks, and more.
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An Artist Accidentally Discovers E. Coli Outbreak in Michigan Waters
In the course of pursuing one of her art projects, Bridget Quinn may have thwarted a potential public health crisis.
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Art Movements
This week in art news: Chuck Close was accused of sexual misconduct, Steve McQueen began a video memorial to the Grenfell Tower fire victims, and Oxford’s Bodleian Libraries announced plans to exhibit JRR Tolkien's illustrated Christmas letters.