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An Old Master Spin on Hip-Hop Video Bacchanals
With their paintings of bacchanalian revelry and swaggery Dionysus, Old Masters like Caravaggio, Poussin, and Rubens were a bit like the hip-hop videographers of their day.
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Amid a Challenging, Changing City, SFMOMA Reopens with Global Aspirations
SAN FRANCISCO — After a three-year closure, the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) reopens to the public on May 14.
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The Hidden History of Estonian Impressionism Under Stalin
TALLINN, Estonia — It was very difficult to track down pieces for this show, since no archives exist for this work and its history is rather unofficial.
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The Poetic Verse of Our Collective Google Queries
Type a search into Google and the most popular terms start auto-populating below, suggesting the collective desires, queries, and curiosities of internet users.
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Paintings that Sensuously Shift in Tone and Texture
Nathlie Provosty’s current exhibition at Nathalie Karg Gallery, (the third ear), is a study in the emotional, sensuous (and sensual) potential of tightly bound, minutely considered, rigorously constructed abstraction.
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Illustrated Dolphins and Vampire Squid from the Dawn of Ocean Exploration
In the 16th century, Pierre Belon published one of the earliest scientific depictions of a dolphin: a woodcut with finely hatched skin and pointed teeth.
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Two Artists Show How Beauty Can Be Beastly
TALLINN, Estonia — Be prepared to embark on a confusing journey upon entering the strange and colorful universe of beauty that artists Kris Lemsalu and Tiit Pääsuke constructed at the Tallinn Art Hall.
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The Rebellious Spirit of Paint
The Christopher Stout gallery opened in Bushwick in 2015 with, in their own words, a program of showing work that engages with current discourses on feminist, queer, anti-establishment, mystic, and provocatively sexual art pro
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Grayson Perry’s Subversive and Psychosexual World
SYDNEY — The Museum of Contemporary Art (MCA) Australia has mounted the first ever retrospective of Grayson Perry’s work in the Southern Hemisphere.
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The Poetics of Torn Posters
PARIS — Galerie Georges-Philippe et Nathalie Vallois has launched a chic additional space wth a historical show of Jacques Villeglé and Raymond Hains’s abstract, 35mm animated film “Pénélope” (1953).
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Honoring Nepal's Cultural Heritage One Year After Its Catastrophic Quake
To coincide with the one-year anniversary of the April 25, 2015, earthquake in Nepal, the Rubin Museum of Art is launching a series of commemorative projects, including an online exhibition that celebrates the unique culture of the region.
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Grafting Puerto Rican Architecture onto the Lower East Side
Edra Soto attempts architectural transplants the way a doctor might replace skin, seeing if an unfamiliar addition will take.