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Sanford Biggers, Infinite Tabernacle, 2017

Illuminating American History through Sculpture: Sanford Biggers

Madison, Wis. – In his diverse practice, Sanford Biggers encourages…

Jean-Michel Basquiat, Back of the Neck, 1983

Basquiat’s “Defacement”: The Untold Story

This focused, thematic exhibition of work by Jean-Michel Basquiat (American,…

Tiffany Glass & Decorating Company, Eighteen-light Lily Table Lamp, prior to 1902, bronze, blown glass.

Louis Comfort Tiffany: Treasures from the Driehaus Collection

A celebration of light and glass, Louis Comfort Tiffany: Treasures from the…

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Apollo 11 flight plans

Auction Highlights for July 2019

Apollo 11 Flight Plans, Degas' dancers, a diamond brooch, impressionist…

JJ Galloway, Pigeon with Ramen Nest VII

10 Affordable Works Coming to Superfine! New York

Superfine! Art Fair is on a mission to make art collecting fun and…

Throwback Sunday by Derek Gores

8 Must-See Contemporary Works at Moniker's Art Fair

From May 1-5, Moniker Art Fair will shine a spotlight on emerging and…

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Leonardo da Vinci, Saint Jerome (detail)

The Met Marks da Vinci Anniversary with Rare Vatican Loan

Beginning this week, the Metropolitan Museum of Art will display the da Vinci masterpiece Saint Jerome Praying in the Wilderness, on special loan from the Vatican Museums.

View of forbidden city building with crowd

The Art History Babes Discuss The Forbidden City

A street during the plague in London with a death cart and mourners. "Bring out your dead." Edmund Evans. London.

Odd Lots: A 17th Century Plague Plaque

New Horizons rendering by Doug Aitken

Doug Aitken's Art is Blowing Up

Untitled Film Still #54 by Cindy Sherman, 1980. Courtesy of the artist and Metro Pictures, New York; Cindy Sherman is at the National Portrait Gallery from 27 June to 15 September 2019.

Who is the Real Cindy Sherman?

Quigley's Harlots Featuring Marie-Louise D'Aubigne (Poppy Corby-Tech), Harlots Season 101, Costumes by Edward Gibbon

How “Harlots” Costume Designers Reimagine 18th Century Fashion

William Wegman, Sent, 1991. Color Polaroids, each 24 x 20 in.

Inside the World of William Wegman

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Mike Dargas, Reflection of Dreams, 2019, Oil on panel, 40" x 60"

Love and Self-Reflection in Mike Dargas's Extraordinary Hyperrealism

C24 Gallery presents a solo show of Mike Dargas, known for his extraordinary skill in photorealistic painting.

Bagan, Myanmar

7 New Must-See UNESCO World Heritage Sites

Zanele Muholi, Somnyama NgonyamaII, Oslo, 2015

Hail the Dark Lioness: the Visual Activism of Zanele Muholi

Gordon Parks (American, 1912–2006), Untitled (The da Silva Family), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Negative, 1976

Gordon Parks: The Flávio Story

Riding Coat (detail). Mughal, c.1620-5

"The Fabric of India": Exploring the History and Vitality of Textiles

Kat Toronto (Miss Meatface), Demure Debutante, 2017

The Unsettling Portraiture of Miss Meatface

Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin Walking on the Surface of the Moon Near a Leg of the Lunar Module, 1969

Apollo’s Muse: The Moon in the Age of Photography

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Findlay Galleries: Isabelle de Ganay- Maitre de L’ecole de Rouen

Findlay Galleries

THRU: 20 July

2019

Hales Gallery presents Vernacular Interior

Hales Gallery

THRU: 21 July

2019

Caravans of Gold, Fragments in Time: Art, Culture, and Exchange across Medieval Saharan Africa

Block Museum of Art

THRU: 24 July

2019

Implicit Tensions: Mapplethorpe Now

Guggenheim Museum