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The Eclectic Objects that Inspired Matisse’s Art
Matisse in the Studio, at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, is the first exhibit to focus specifically on Matisse’s objects and how they influenced his art making.
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Archival Slides from the Metropolitan Museum Find New Life as Artworks
After sitting in storage space, the Metropolitan Museum of Art's thousands of 35-millimeter slides found a new home at the Department of Cultural Affairs's reuse center, Material for the Arts.
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A Political Cartoonist’s Stark Portrayal of Palestinian Existence
Mohammad Sabaaneh's collection of political cartoons White and Black is a graphic telling of the human rights abuses perpetuated by the Israeli state against citizens of Palestine.
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Chronicling the Rivalry and Camaraderie of Michelangelo and Sebastiano
The exhibition methodically and academically does what it says on the tin: offer compelling instances of collaboration and reveal the twists and turns of a 25-year friendship and artistic relationship.
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How a Smithsonian Naturalist’s Skeleton Ended Up on View at the Museum
The skeleton of 19th-century collector Robert Kennicott is on view in the Smithsonian Institution National Museum of Natural History's Objects of Wonder. The bones recently solved the long mystery of his death.
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An Artist Couple's Collaborations Have Chemistry, but No Alchemy
The poet and filmmaker Alejandro Jodorowsky and his wife, the artist Pascale Montandon-Jodorowsky, make bright and fantastical works together under the moniker pascALEjandro.
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A Photographer’s Uncanny Images of Amusement Parks at Night
After the sun set and the amusement park closed, photographer Stefano Cerio documented the surreal scenes of its vacant rides.
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Watch the British Museum Conserve Its Largest Print, a 16th-Century Dürer Woodcut
Albrecht Dürer's "Triumphal Arch" is one of the largest prints ever made, and after a century on view at the British Museum, its conservation was a colossal task.
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A Satire of the Moneyed ’90s Art Scene that Resonates Today
Seventeen years later, Artists Space is screening Laura Cottingham and Leslie Singer's The Anita Pallenberg Story, which uses the Rolling Stones as a lens into the white privilege of the art world.
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The Deceptive Power of a Drove of Horse Sculptures
When I read the captions and found out that all the pieces are cast in bronze, I was simultaneously disappointed and enlightened.
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New York’s New Institution Devoted to Arab and Islamic Art Seeks a Sense of Place
Zarina Hashmi's work that imagines "home" as an idea we carry with us sets the tone for the Institute of Arab and Islamic Art's first exhibition in New York.
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From Daily Life to Scientific Explorations, Photos of Latin America Between 1860 and Today
Viewpoints, an exhibition at the New York Public Library, features an impressive array of photographs made in Latin America by local photographers as well as foreigners.