Art
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Books
Art Spiegelman on Life With a ‘500-Pound Mouse Chasing Me’
Known for his Pulitzer Prize-winning comic book, “Maus,” the author has had a busy year, after the book was banned…
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Europe
Oscar White Muscarella, Museum ‘Voice of Conscience,’ Dies at 91
An archaeologist at the Met, he warned about plundered and fake antiquities and about the acquisition practices of collectors and…
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America
‘The Collaboration’ Review: A Basquiat-Warhol Bromance in Bloom
Anthony McCarten’s biodrama about the artists’ work together lifts the curtain on their friendship, or at least it thinks it…
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Europe
Philip Pearlstein, Whose Realist Nudes Revived Portraiture, Dies at 98
His harshly lit studies of life models represented a major departure in American painting and shocked modernist critics.
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America
Venice Biennale Names a Brazilian Trailblazer as Its New Curator
Adriano Pedrosa, who turned around São Paulo’s leading art museum, will oversee the 2024 edition of the prestigious Italian art…
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America
Best Art Between the Covers of These Holiday Books
Holland Cotter, Jason Farago and Roberta Smith round up their favorite books, from museum catalogs of high-profile shows to photographs…
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America
Artist or Artifice: Who Is Adam Himebauch?
Through a digital performance and gallery show, the painter meticulously creates the persona of an older, acclaimed artist. The hoax…
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America
More Than 200 Philip Guston Works Are Headed to the Met
A gift from his daughter includes 96 paintings and 124 drawings, which will make the museum the largest holder of…
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Europe
Banksy’s works near Kyiv have inspired Ukraine. But did one activist go too far?
Another stenciled painting, of a child defeating a Vladimir Putin-like character in a judo match, in Borodianka.Credit...Brendan Hoffman for The…
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America
For U.S. Museums With Looted Art, the Indiana Jones Era Is Over
Prodded by law enforcement, and pushed by foreign governments, American museums are increasingly returning artifacts to countries of origin, but…