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There Are 8,000 Known Terracotta Warriors. But Archaeologists in China Just Found More Than 200 Others

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Jan 3, 2020
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Think You Know Frida Kahlo? Think Again. Here Are the Mexican Painter’s Most Under-the-Radar Artworks—Ranked

Jan 3, 2020
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We equate Frida Kahlo’s work with Frida Kahlo’s face. The 20th-century Mexican painter, who often documented her own features when bedridden due to poor health, painted around 60 self-portraits—constituting more than a third of her total artistic output. In the more than 60 years since her death, Kahlo’s likeness has taken on a mythical quality,...

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Lawrence Abu Hamdan, One of the Four 2019 Turner Prize Winners, Will Explore Reincarnation With a Coveted New Commission

Jan 3, 2020
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Artist Lawrence Abu Hamdan, one of the joint winners of the 2019 Turner Prize, has won an accolade all his own. The Philadelphia Museum of Art and the Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo announced today that the Jordan-born, London-based artist has been awarded the 2022 Future Fields Commission in Time-Based Media, making him the first non-American recipient...

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How Artist Lucien Smith, Fed Up With Speculators and Dealers, Quit His Galleries and Got His First Solo Museum Show

Aug 18, 2020
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In 2013, just two years out of art school, the artist Lucien Smith had already become a cautionary tale. That year, his painting Hobbes, The Rain Man, and My Friend Barney / Under the Sycamore Tree set a stratospheric auction record at Phillips New York, when it sold for $389,000. Smith saw two more years of

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Editors’ Picks: 7 Things for Your Art Calendar This Week, From a Ruth Asawa-Inspired Workshop to an Outdoor Photo Show

Aug 17, 2020
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Each week, we search New York City for the most exciting and thought-provoking shows, screenings, and events. In light of the global health situation, we are currently highlighting digital events, as well as in-person exhibitions open in the New York area. (Times are all EST unless otherwise noted.)    Monday, August 17—Sunday, November 29 In

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‘Landscapes Opened a Whole New World for Me’: Artist Shara Hughes on How She Subverts the Tradition of Flower Painting

Aug 17, 2020
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Kaleidoscopic landscapes and riotous bursts of flowers are the signatures of Brooklyn-based artist Shara Hughes—scenes she creates entirely from her imagination. The artist’s third solo show with Zurich’s Galerie Eva Presenhuber, “Day By Day By Day,” opened in June, but she will not have seen it in person by the time it closes in September. “It’s very strange,”

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