Art
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Arts
Activists Deface Portrait of Balfour, Who Supported Jewish Homeland
A pro-Palestinian group slashed and spray-painted a century-old portrait of the author of the Balfour Declaration at the University of…
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Arts
At TEFAF Art Fair, Museums Make Up for Shrinking Private Sales
Curators are looking for old art that can resonate with a new audience at the venerable event in the Netherlands.
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Arts
An Instagram-Ready Immersive Museum Uses Braille. But Is It Accessible?
Roy Nachum designed the spectacle-filled Mercer Labs, which he touts as inclusive. But some advocates for blind people say his…
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Arts
Performance Space New York Unveils Its New Leadership Model
Taja Cheek joins the organization, a leading venue for experimental performance. She and two other executives will have equal say…
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Arts
‘A Revolution on Canvas’ Review: The Personal, the Political and the Painting
A documentary about lost artwork intimately involves one of its directors.
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Arts
San Francisco Art Institute Headquarters Sold to Group Led by Laurene Powell Jobs
The sale includes a 1931 Diego Rivera mural, which has been valued at $50 million.
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Books
Inspired by a Real Mystery, This Novel Skewers the Art World
In “Anita de Monte Laughs Last,” by Xochitl Gonzalez, two Latina women working a decade apart fight to break out…
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Magazine
When an Artist Dies, Who Owns Her Story?
The Cuban artist Ana Mendieta fell from a window of her 34th-floor apartment in 1985. Her family members have been…
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News
Günter Brus, Artist Who Shocked Postwar Austria, Dies at 85
A founder of a transgressive 1960s movement known as Viennese Actionism, he used his body as a canvas and blood…
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Magazine
How Contemporary Artists Are Taking Papier-Mâché Out of the Classroom
A new wave of self-taught craftspeople are using the medium to make playful, thought-provoking works.