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Wayne Thiebaud painting of several rows of different pie slices on white plates

Wayne Thiebaud Keeps Painting at 100

The great American artist Wayne Thiebaud turns 100 on Sunday, and he seems unfazed.

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Features

© The Estate of Erna Rosenstein/ Adam Sandauer. Courtesy Hauser & Wirth and Foksal Gallery Foundation. Photo: Marek Gardulski.

Erna Rosenstein's Fairy Tales for Processing Trauma

Edmonson, Bess and Joe, 1930-40. A a simple, stone sculpture of a couple sitting together, looking ahead.

William Edmondson Immortalized the Black Community in Tombstones & Sculpture

Vulci team members

Vulci 3000: LiDAR, 3D Renderings, and the Future of Archaeology

Qaumajuq Center

Qaumajuq Center Sets Tone for the Decolonization of Collections

James Whistler

The Woman in White: Joanna Hiffernan's Influence on James Whistler

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LGBTQ Artists

Jasper Johns, Flashlight, 1960 (cast c. 1979). Bronze and glass, 4 3/4 × 7 3/4 × 4 1/4 in. (12.1 × 19.7 × 10.8 cm). Ed. no. 2/3.

“Mind/Mirror” Distills Jasper Johns’ Tantalizingly Enigmatic Oeuvre

David Hockney: An Evolution of Style

A Sneak Peek of Superfine! NYCx3: (wo)man, myth, and Magick Fairs

Asian Art

Shikō Munakata, detail of Mukō-machi: Crossing Point of Highways, from the Tōkaidō Series, 1964.

Shikō Munakata’s Prints on View for the First Time Since 1965

Met's Ambitious "Surrealism Beyond Borders" Lacks Organization

Asian Forward, Woman-Owned Gallery Enters the LA Art Scene

Contemporary Art

Bibi Maryam Mausoleum, photo by Alfred Weidinger

The Best Art Stories from Sekka Magazine - November 2021

Mary Corse at Pace Palo Alto

Ross Bleckner Returns to Petzel with Paintings from the 70s

Renaissance

Donatello, Detail of bust of San Lorenzo (c. 1440). Terracotta. H 29 ½ in (74.5 cm).

Rare & Newly Discovered Works by Renaissance Masters at Colnaghi

The Life and Art of Michelangelo

A Brief History of the Female Nude: From Willendorf to Kardashian

Black Artists

Winfred Rembert All Me, 2002 Dye on carved and tooled leather 25.25 x 25.25 inches WR127

Visceral Take on Jim Crow South in “Winfred Rembert, 1945-2021”

Tyler Mitchell at the Gordon Parks Foundation Gallery

Living Legacies: A Landmark Exhibition of African American Art

Painting

Jules Tavernier, Dance in a Subterranean Roundhouse at Clear Lake, California, 1878.

"Jules Tavernier and the Elem Pomo" Hits the West Coast

Hogarth and Europe at Tate Britain

ART 101: Cubism

Latin American Art

Diego Rivera, The Marriage of the Artistic Expression of the North and of the South on this Continent (Pan American Unity), 1940.

Pan American Unity by Diego Rivera at SFMOMA

A Window into Latin American Craft Traditions

The Global Battle for the San José—The Holy Grail of Shipwrecks

Photography

Nancy Dorman and Stanley Mazaroff Center for the Study of Prints, Drawings and Photographs rendering. Quinn Evans Architects.

New BMA Matisse & Drawings Study Centers to Boost Access to Collections

VMFA Presents Man Ray: The Paris Years

Photography Collecting Tips at the VMFA

Gallery

Karin Davie, While My Painting Gently Weeps no 2, 2019. Part of the While My Painting Gently Weeps series. Oil on linen over shaped stretcher. 74.5 x 84 x 1.5 in.

Karin Davie Paintings Continue to Explore Mind, Body, and Space

Life After B.O.B: Ian Cheng’s Wild 21st Century Take on Free Will

Controversial Philip Guston Paintings at Hauser & Wirth

Auction

Alberto Giacometti, Le Nez, Conceived in 1947 (this version conceived in 1949 and cast in 1965).

The Macklowe Collection Sale Becomes Sotheby’s Most Valuable Ever

Monet and the First Forays into Abstraction

Villa Containing Caravaggio’s Only Mural to be Auctioned

Museum

the Anna and John J. Sie Welcome Center

Denver Art Museum Polishes Architectural Gems Old & New

A Marvellous Entanglement: Isaac Julien & Lina Bo Bardi

Inspiring Walt Disney: The Animation of French Decorative Arts

Design

Fissure Chandelier ©Charles Burnand 2021.jpg

Discussing Salon Art + Design with the Fair's Executive Director

"Underground Modernist: E. McKnight Kauffer" at the Cooper Hewitt

The Magic of the McCullough Musical Automaton

Antiques

an overall shot of some of the various items Andrew Jones Auctions will be selling on Oct. 24th

Andrew Jones Auctions Presents “The John Nelson Collection”

Art 101: What was Art Nouveau?

The Premium Lots in the 88th Auction of Hermann Historica GmbH

Fair

Isabella Kirkland, Uraniids, 2020. Oil on wood.

The Art Show Returns Alongside the Launch of an Online Hub

The Affordable Art Fair Returns to NYC in Full Swing this Fall

NYC's Armory & Independent Return with Upgrades

Drawing

Albert Gregory Hull, Football Player, ca. 1933-1943. Detail.

Football in American Art: 1933-The Present

Avish Khebrezadeh’s Seven Silent Songs

The J. Paul Getty Museum Presents "Artists as Collectors"

Sculpture

The facade of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in 1914.

A Brief Look at The Met's Fascinating History

Explaining the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World

Ana María Hernando & Yoshitomo Saito Exhibitions Inspire Comparison

Women Artists

© The Estate of Erna Rosenstein/ Adam Sandauer. Courtesy Hauser & Wirth and Foksal Gallery Foundation. Photo: Marek Gardulski.

Erna Rosenstein's Fairy Tales for Processing Trauma

10 Fearless Women Artists in Jennifer Higgie's New Art History Book

Reframed: Labille-Guiard’s “Self-Portrait with Two Pupils”

Ancient Art

Vincent van Gogh, Irises, May 1889.

The Getty Translates Online Exhibits for Hispanic Heritage Month

Rarely Seen Ancient Mosaics on Show in Rome

A New Floor for Rome’s Colosseum: What You Need to Know

Modern Art

Edgar Degas, The Dance Class, 1874. Oil on canvas. 32 7/8 x 30 3/8 in. (83.5 x 77.2 cm). The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

The Life and Art of Edgar Degas

Sophie Taeuber-Arp Receives Spotlight at Tate Modern

Art 101: Impressionism

Indigenous Art

Benjamin West, The Battle of La Hogue, c. 1778. Oil on canvas. National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C.

History Painting: An Art Genre or the Manipulation of Truth?

The Chazen Highlights Similarities of Native & non-Native Artists

Qaumajuq Center Sets Tone for the Decolonization of Collections