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    Art Where You're At
    Judy Gelles, "Bathroom," May 23, 1978, black and white archival pigment print on Hahnemuhle German etching paper, gift of Ralph Citino and Lawrence Taylor, 2017.22.1
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    In One Art Exhibition, Women Are 'Taking Space' They've Long Deserved

    Feb 25, 2021
    Works by female artists are center stage at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts in an exhibition called Taking Space: Contemporary Women Artists and the Politics of Scale.
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    Amy Sherald, who painted the official portrait of Michelle Obama, appeared in the film <em>Black Art: In the Absence of Light.</em>
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    'Black Art' Chronicles A Pivotal Exhibition And Its Lasting Impact On Black Artists

    Feb 24, 2021
    A 1976 exhibit of art created by African Americans was the first major show by a Black curator and serves as a starting point for the HBO documentary Black Art: In the Absence of Light.
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    The Coronavirus Crisis
    Visitors wear masks at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in October. The museum's director says the Met is considering selling art to pay for operating expenses.
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    The Met Considers Selling Its Art To Stave Off Financial Shortfall

    Feb 22, 2021
    New York City's Metropolitan Museum of Art faces a shortfall of $150 million. Museum Director Max Hollein tells NPR that the Met is considering selling art to cover operating expenses.
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    The Extraordinary Steps Museums Are Taking To Survive The Pandemic

    Feb 22, 2021
    New York's Metropolitan Museum is considering selling some art to help pay the bills. NPR's Rachel Martin talks to museum Director Max Hollein about the financial duress the museum is experiencing.
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    Pop Culture Happy Hour
    John Lurie grumbles about art and life while painting watercolors as tree-frogs croak in the tropical night. It's weirdly calming.
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    Let HBO's 'Painting With John' Gouache Over You

    Jan 22, 2021
    Watching musician/actor John Lurie paint and grumbly pontificate in an unnamed tropical locale is sometimes puzzling, often intriguing and always soothing.
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    Art Where You're At
    Emma Amos, <em>Identity</em>, 2006
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    Emma Amos Died Just Before Her Retrospective But Her Art Is Alive As Ever

    Jan 13, 2021
    For six decades Amos explored race and gender in prints, paintings and fabrics. She died at 83 from complications of Alzheimer's but she knew that the Georgia Museum of Art show was in the works.
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    World
    The final restoration project by the nonprofit Advancing Women Artists group features works by Violante Ferroni, an 18th century prodigy about whom little is known today.
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    'Where Are The Women?': Uncovering The Lost Works Of Female Renaissance Artists

    Jan 02, 2021
    A nonprofit has identified 2,000 works by women artists that had been stashed in Italy's public museums and damp churches. It's also supported restoration of 70 works from the 16th to 20th centuries.
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    Art Where You're At
    Frits Thaulow, <em>Cottages in the Snow</em>, 1891
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    These Artists Will Change Your Mind About Winter

    Dec 21, 2020
    If you'd prefer to experience the charms of winter from a safe (and warm) distance, Boston's Museum of Fine Art has some beautiful snowy scenes for you to admire.
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    Arts & Life
    Konstance Patton's mural in New York City.<strong> </strong>
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    The Art of an Uprising: Paint and Plywood Memorialize George Floyd

    Dec 20, 2020
    Artists inspired by the Black Live Matter movement have created images that have lasted even as protests have faded. Who are they? And how will this iconic art be preserved?
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    Fine Art

    Painting In Brussels Government Building Is By Flemish Master Jordaens

    Dec 10, 2020
    A painting depicting baby Jesus and his family hung in the building for decades. Everyone thought it was a copy of work by master painter Jacob Jordaens. Experts say it's the real deal.
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    Art Where You're At
    José Clemente Orozco, <em>Rear Guard,</em> 1929, lithograph. Collection of the McNay Art Museum, Museum purchase with funds from the Cullen Foundation, the Friends of the McNay, Charles Butt, Margaret Pace Willson, and Jane and Arthur Stieren
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    'The Three Greats' Of Mexican Modernism Fought Tyranny With Art

    Dec 03, 2020
    Diego Rivera, José Clemente Orozco and David Alfaro Siqueiros — Los Tres Grandes — are the focus of an exhibition at the McNay Art Museum in San Antonio, Texas.
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    British Artist Sacha Jafri Creates Record-Setting Oil Painting

    Nov 18, 2020
    Sacha Jafri took over the ballroom of a hotel in Dubai to produce the largest painting ever created on canvas. The work "The Journey of Humanity" will be auctioned off to raise millions for charity.
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    Uproar Follows Museum's Plan To Make Changes Regarding Diversity, Equity

    Nov 17, 2020
    The Baltimore Museum of Art's plan to sell three pieces of art to fundamentally alter its diversity drew so much criticism it had to be canceled.
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    Arts & Life
    Before and after the recent "restoration" of a statue in the northern Spanish city of Palencia.
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    Behold The 'Potato Head' Of Palencia, Another Botched Art Restoration In Spain

    Nov 11, 2020
    The statue was once of a smiling woman in a pastoral scene. Now, it looks more like a melted candle with some gouged holes. Professional art restorers in Spain are calling for stricter oversight.
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    <em>Catrina Reyna</em> (Fancy Lady Queen) by José Alfonso Soteno Fernández and Juan José Soteno Elias of Metepec, Mexico, 2016, polychrome ceramic and wire.
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    For Día De Los Muertos, Remembering Those Lost To The Coronavirus

    Nov 01, 2020
    The National Museum of Mexican Art in Chicago does an annual exhibit for the Day of the Dead. This year, it's centered on those who have died — and will die — in the pandemic.
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    Museums Postpone Show Over Late Artist's Images Of Hooded Klansmen

    Oct 25, 2020
    Four major museums have delayed a show that includes work by the late American artist Philip Guston until 2024 due to concerns about how Guston's images of hooded Klansmen would be received.
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    Arts & Life
    The formerly missing panel is titled, <em>There are combustibles in every State, which a spark might set fire to. --Washington, 26 December 1786, Panel 16, 1956</em>.
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    Lost Painting By Modernist Master Jacob Lawrence Found In Private Collection

    Oct 22, 2020
    A visitor to the Metropolitan Museum Of Art in New York — where Lawrence's series, Struggle, is currently on view — helped identify a missing painting by the Modernist master.
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    Art Where You're At
    French woman conductor for the Paris Trolley Company, 1917
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    Take Off Your Sweats And Step Into 'Silk And Steel' — French Fashions In WWI

    Oct 15, 2020
    An exhibition at the National WWI Museum and Memorial in Kansas City, Mo., explores what wartime women wore — from overalls to evening gowns — and how military uniforms have affected fashion.
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    Amidst Global Troubles, MacArthur 'Genius Grant' Winners 'Provoke And Inspire'

    Oct 06, 2020
    This year's MacArthur Fellows — recipients of what's commonly called the Genius Grant — include artists, scientists, dancers and more. They'll each receive a no-strings-attached $625,000 award.
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    Art Where You're At
    A page from <em>The Book of Wood: Rose of Sharon, Jesus Heals Woman Bleeding, Judas Kiss, Jesus in the Garden of Gethsemane,</em> 1932, paint on carved wood, mounted on wood panels
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    'Every Piece I Carve Is A Message': Elijah Pierce Aimed To Do God's Work In Wood

    Oct 01, 2020
    An exhibition at the Barnes Foundation in Philadelphia showcases the art of barber, Baptist preacher and self-taught woodworker Elijah Pierce.
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    If You Have To Wear A Mask, It Might As Well Be A Masterpiece

    Sep 17, 2020
    Many museums are still closed, but their gift shops are doing lively face mask business. You can mask up with a Monet, a van Gogh or, perhaps best suited to These Times: Edvard Munch's The Scream.
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    Art Where You're At
    Monet's <em>Water Lilies,</em> 1907
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    Boston's Museum Of Fine Arts Turns 150, Celebrates Monet's 'Lasting Impression'

    Sep 01, 2020
    The MFA is currently closed — hoping to re-open in the fall — but it's marking its 150th anniversary online in the exhibition "Monet and Boston: Lasting Impression."
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    An exterior view of the Whitney Museum of American Art last October in New York City.
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    After Protest, Whitney Museum Cancels Show By Artists It Meant To Celebrate

    Aug 25, 2020
    One of the country's leading museums of American art, the Whitney in New York City, has canceled an upcoming show on responses to systemic racism amid a storm of online protest.
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    Art Where You're At
    A Vhils work at La Condition Publique in Roubaix, in northern France, in March 2017.
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    It's 'Part Of The Game': This Artist Isn't Bothered When His Work Is Demolished

    Aug 17, 2020
    Portuguese street artist Alexandre Manuel Dias Farto — aka Vhils — makes art on dilapidated buildings. He uses a chisel, a drill and explosives in a process he calls "creative destruction."
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    Art Where You're At
    In Jennifer Steinkamp's digital animations, trees gradually change color, lose leaves, sprout new leaves, grow flowers, and drop petals to the ground. She's done a series of such trees in honor of teachers who've had a profound influence on her.
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    'It Lowers Your Blood Pressure': Spend A Few Moments With These Hypnotic Trees

    Aug 06, 2020
    In her childhood art classes, Jennifer Steinkamp used to make trees with sponges and paint. Now, as a video artist, her installations feature tree animations — some are named after her art teachers.

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