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Night at the Biennial
The art world is a scary place. A horror satire.
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An Artist’s Fourth of July Muppets Parody
The Muppets have always encouraged us to express our feelings, right? Well, this song expresses our feelings about the terrible things happening right now.
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“Fasc-isms” Announced as This Year’s Met Gala Theme
An accompanying exhibition at the Costume Institute aims to diversify our understanding of the movement, emphasizing that “fascists are not a monolith.”
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Netflix Releases New Reality TV Spinoff Art Is Blind
The show invites participants to fall in love with a work of art without ever seeing it.
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Archeologists Unearth Fresco Predicting the Coming of “Saint Luigi”
The painting depicts a handsome figure with thickset brows and the Latin words “Mora, Negare, Deponere” (“Delay, Deny, Depose.”)
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Brooklyn Museum Announces “Pay What We Wish” Admissions
The policy is the museum’s newest attempt to shift its financial burden onto its lowest-ranking staff and the public.
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Museum of the American Proud Boy to Open in DC
The initiative is part of President Trump’s push to restore “American greatness” at the Smithsonian.
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You’ve Heard of “The Scream,” Now Get Ready for “The Ick”
Much like the iconic piece, a suite of five “never-before-seen” works tackles big emotions.
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Trump Withdraws US From Venice Biennale, “Too Diverse”
The president called for “a return to showcasing the great art of this country in a context-free void” and “definitely not in a liberal European swamp.”
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Majority of Artists Only Read Reviews of Their Own Work, Survey Finds
Some respondents added that they will occasionally hate-read a negative review of an artist they vehemently dislike, which “just hits different.”
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Long-Lost Thanksgiving Recipes of American Artists Discovered
From Georgia O’Keeffe’s suggestive cabbage to Andrew Wyeth’s cornbread of the everyman, the findings represent a treasure of art and culinary history.
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An Unintellectual Theory of Tastiness in Art History
No Vanitas paintings, no parables, no metaphors — just pigging out.