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Driving around the Johannesburg suburb of Fietas, David Goldblatt (1930–2018) tours the region that became a recurring subject in his photography. Goldblatt began photographing Fietas in 1976, witnessing its evolution from a thriving and diverse community to its erasure by apartheid—leveling the vernacular architecture and forcibly removing its residents. Officially called Pageview, the area had a large Indian population and was a popular shopping destination for people of all ethnicities. A crumbling concrete structure—once the home of Ozzie Docrat, an Indian merchant and hometown hero—embodies Goldblatt’s time in Fietas, representing a failed attempt of government demolition that now stands as "monument to apartheid."

Through May 12 at the Cincinnati Art Museum, Paris 1900: City of Entertainment introduces visitors to Paris during the Belle Époque (“Beautiful Era”) of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Few cities have the allure of Paris. Known as the City of Light, it has attracted tourists, artists and free thinkers for hundreds of years.

In this episode of Anatomy of an Artwork, lose yourself in the intricate details of this Tibetan Thangka Depicting a Hevajra Mandala. Vibrant hues of red, orange, and yellow bring countless buddhist figures to life, from the sixteen-armed deity Akshobya-Hevjra to the Lama Dampa Sonam Gyaltsen, a fourteenth century ruler of Tibet.

The J. Paul Getty Museum announced today the acquisition of 105 glass plate holograms by 20 artists related to the C-Project, a collaboration developed in the early 1990s between a select group of internationally renowned contemporary artists and holographers who experimented with the hologram process.

Later this year, the long-awaited Academy Museum of Motion Pictures will open its doors on Miracle Mile in Los Angeles. Situated next door to LACMA in a city that happens to be the number two tourist destination in the country, the new museum should draw plenty of traffic, but beyond a screening series and a few old props and posters under glass, the script has yet to be written on what a motion picture museum should be. 

ATLANTA – This spring, the High Museum of Art will present “Way Out There: The Art of Southern Backroads,” an exhibition that celebrates the region’s self-taught artists and offers a rare look at how their worlds converged with contemporary American photography and literature.

Discover an incredible insight into human psychology captured through the theme of portraiture, in this episode of Expert Voices. Sotheby's upcoming sale ‘Traits et Portraits’ (28 March | Paris) features 24 works on paper from a distinguished private London collection and includes highlights by Gericault, Ribera and Picasso. Taking place during the Salon du Dessin, Paris’s annual festival of works on paper, the sale features a dazzling group that spans four centuries and delves deeply into the art of portraying the human soul.

From March 4-10, Bonhams Post-War & Contemporary Art Department is pleased to present Paper Jam: Contemporary Works on Paper, a curated exhibition of works on paper by artists such as Andy Warhol, George Condo, Jean-Michel Basquiat, David Hockney, Roy Lichtenstein, Alexander Calder and Eva Hesse.

Corrie & Nat break down Jean-Honoré Fragonard's "The Swing". The Babes discuss everything from the frilly pink dress to the clever details to the complicated story of the commission. Plus Corrie gets real into her feels about this cornerstone of the Rococo.

Moove over, Manhattan, cow coming through! And not just any cow, this one’s a molded plaster bovine sculpture drawn and painted by beloved children’s author/illustrator Maurice Sendak in the manner of his Caldecott Medal-winning book, Where the Wild Things Are.