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Detail of carved chest, showing two knobs

Sculptor Robert Laurent’s Carved Chest: An Immigrant Story

In this video, listen to sculptor Robert Laurent (1890–1970) tell his story of emigrating from Brittany, France to New York City in the early twentieth century. His home movies, featured in this…

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Cordy Ryman, Baby Chimera, 2015-2022.

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Andrew Wyeth, John Olson's Funeral, 1945.

Andrew Wyeth’s Drawings of His Own Funeral

Ursula von Rydingsvard, BIG COŚ, 2015-22.

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"Workmen stacking drums of grease ready for shipment.", March 1944

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Contemporary Art

Omani artist Alia Al Farsi stands at door. Image by Shaqeel Al Balushi

Alia Al Farsi: The Woman Behind Oman's Largest Private Art Gallery

Pre-pandemic Coronal Glasswork: Can Art Autonomously Evolve?

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Drawing

Andrew Wyeth, John Olson's Funeral, 1945.

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Botanical Illustration: Where Science and Art Meet

Latin American Art

Melchor Pérez Holguín, Pietà (detail), Bolivia, c. 1720.

Why the LACMA’s "Archive of the World" Catalogue Matters

Neo-Concretism: the short-lived but influential art movement

Pre-Columbian Latin America: The Chavín of Ancient Peru

Asian Art

- Summary: Illustration shows the rulers of "Russia," "Germany," "Italy," "Austria," "France," and "England," as chickens trying to hatch a large egg labeled "China." A chicken labeled "Japan" stands in the background with Uncle Sam, also as a chicken, perched on a fence in the rear.

The Boxer Rebellion & Artwork’s Spread of Gross Stereotype

Wrightwood 659: Tadao Ando’s Brilliant Architectural Designs

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Ancient Art

9758: Dana Zentgraf (excavator, PhD Student Christian-Albrechts-Universität Kiel) shakes soil through a sifter to look for finds that might otherwise be overlooked by the eye in the trench.

The Gardens of Pompeii & Natural Disasters in Antiquity

A Brief Look at Sun Symbolism Through Art History

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Gallery

Installation view of Barbara Kruger: Thinking of You. I Mean Me. I Mean You., on view at The Museum of Modern Art, New York from July 16, 2022 – January 2, 2023.

Barbara Kruger Zwirner and MoMA Shows Speak to Past and Present

Russell Maltz: Assembling Coincidence in Sculpture & Concept

Eisenman’s Paintings Back in NYC Art Scene at Hauser & Wirth

LGBTQ Artists

8 - self-portrait in the afternoon light, january 2019, puberty

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6 Art World Events for Pride 2022

The Late We:wa, Two-Spirit Artist & Indigenous Advocate

Modern Art

Franz Kline, Mahoning, 1956. Oil and paper on canvas, 80 3/8 × 100 1/2in. (204.2 × 255.3 cm), Whitney Museum of American Art, New York. https://whitney.org/collection/works/1997

Abstract Expressionism: A Brief History & Exploration

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Fair

Tanya Aguiñiga, Extraño 15, 2021. Ice-dyed cotton rope, synthetic hair, flax.

Standouts at Armory’s Focus 2022: “Landscape Undone”

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Gallery 1261 Unveils New Daniel Sprick Painting at Denver Art Showcase

Renaissance

Joseph Nicéphore Niépce, View from the Window at Le Gras (enhanced version by Helmut Gershein), c. 1826-7. Oil-treated bitumen. 20 × 25 cm.

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Sculpture

Cordy Ryman, Baby Chimera, 2015-2022.

The House of Ryman: A Family of Artists

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Larry Bell Offers Insight on his Career & Life Lessons

Antiques

courtesy of the Wagner Free Institute of Science overview shot of the gallery, which was taken professionally by David Graham

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How Money Laundering Works In The Art World

The Cabinet of Curiosities & Colonialism

Painting

Dots-based abstract landscape from a birds-eye view, painted with desaturated colors.

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Exhibition on Hugely Influential Artist Barkley L. Hendricks

Bonhams Auction to Highlight Art from Africa & the Diaspora

Museum

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Who Invented Emojis? A Brief History

London-based Museum to Fully Repatriate Benin Bronzes

Forgotten Van Gogh Self-Portrait Rediscovered

Auction

the base and cover with chased strapwork and fruit, the cover surmounted by the figure of Judith holding the head of Holofernes, the interior with a hinged, pierced lid covering the bottom half of the cup, inset with a 1768 Nuremburg thaler.

Standout Art Auctions to Watch Fall 2022

Andy Warhol Marilyn Portrait Makes History with $195 Million Sale

Coming to Auction: Freeman's La Belle Époque on Paper

Design

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Andreas Altomonte, A Masked Ball in Bohemia, 1748. Oil on canvas. 19 x 38 in. (48.3 x 96.5 cm.).

The History of Venetian Masks

Vulci 3000 Investigates Ancient Roman Water Systems

Met Gala Disappoints Unlike “In America: An Anthology of Fashion”

Indigenous Art

Aboriginal rock art on the Barnett River, Mount Elizabeth Station.

A Brief Introduction to Aboriginal Art & Artists

Beyond Nasca Lines: The Compelling Mystery of Nasca Pottery

10 Famous Ownership Disputes Over Cultural Artifacts

Black Artists

Nina Chanel Abney and Pace Prints printers creating the printed elements for Abney's collages on panel. Image courtesy of the artist and Pace Prints. Photo by Anna Watts, courtesy of Pace Prints.

Nina Chanel Abney: Fishing Was His Life

“Basquiat: King Pleasure” Raises Questions About Artistic Legacy

"Simone Leigh: Sovereignty" at the 59th Venice Biennale

Women Artists

Keith Haring Untitled acrylic on vinyl tarpaulin with metal grommets 121 1/2 by 118 3/4 in. 308.6 by 301.6 cm. Executed in 1982.

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Studio Visit & Gallery Viewing with Stefana McClure

Photography

Dinh Ngoc Thong, Bo Doi saying farewell to family from VN Pictorial, 1954. DOGMA BATTLEFIELD LENS COLLECTION.

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