Art
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Books
Looking to the Dutch Masters for Answers to Life’s Big Questions
THE UPSIDE-DOWN WORLD: Meetings With the Dutch Masters, by Benjamin Moser When he moved from New York to the Netherlands…
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World
Turmoil Engulfs Canadian Art Museums Seeking to Shed Colonial Past
One of the fiercest fights in the past year in Canada has taken place not in a hockey rink, but…
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World
El Anatsui Builds Monumental Art From Daily Life
It’s one of the great origin stories in contemporary art, a flash of instinct that would revolutionize a field. In…
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Arts
Harry Smith Was a Culture-Altering Shaman. Can the Whitney Contain Him?
A solo show takes on the legacy of the painter, folk musicologist, filmmaker, obsessive collector and underground legend. It also…
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News
A Dazzling Art Collection, Hiding in Plain Sight
The sign on the wall suggests: “Look above you.” But really, no prompt is needed. It is impossible not to…
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Arts
Hidden Art: A Rhapsody for the Soul, in 10 City Corners
When I emerge from an art gallery or a museum, the world around me looks different. Leaving the Metropolitan Museum…
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Arts
Review: Scream Along With Pussy Riot
In the first major museum retrospective devoted to the Russian art provocateurs, they pump their fists and cause a fuss.…
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World
Art Auction in Hong Kong Draws Lower Bids Than Expected
A portrait by Amedeo Modigliani sold for less than expected and several artworks went unsold as China’s best-known art investor…
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News
A Giacometti for a Cezanne: Jeffrey Epstein’s Role in a Pricey Art Deal
Mr. Epstein helped the billionaire Leon Black defer capital gains taxes from the swap. A Senate committee is scrutinizing some…
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World
Revering the Earth, Colombian Artist Delcy Morelos Brings It to Chelsea
To make sense of her country’s history of violence, the artist evokes beauty in the land. At Dia, you can…