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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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‘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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Guy Wildenstein, Art Family Patriarch, Found Guilty in Tax Trial
Mr. Wildenstein hid a prized art collection and other assets from French authorities to avoid paying millions in inheritance taxes,…
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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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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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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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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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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.
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Land Art Comes Indoors as Dia Highlights Meg Webster
Nine sculptures exhibited at Dia Beacon from soil, beeswax, moss and other outdoor elements, date from Webster’s breakout period of…
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Frieze Los Angeles Opens Amid Attention to Asian Artists
Spurred by population growth and new patron support, artists from China, Japan, South Korea and the Philippines are getting more…