WORLD ART
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Historic Wallace Neff–Designed Home Hits the LA Market for $10.8 M.
Back in the late 1920s, as he was easing into a lengthy architecture career that would endure for over six decades, Wallace Neff crafted this...
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The Five Most Essential Books About Impressionism
Any art lover can conjure images of Impressionism, a mode of painting beloved for its lush landscapes and dazzling plays of light. But as these...
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Indigenous Artists Win Venice Biennale’s Top Prizes, as Mataaho Collective and Archie Moore Take Home Golden Lions
As the 2024 Venice Biennale officially opens to the public today, the massive Italian art festival has announced the winners of its three juried...
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Stolen Salvator Rosa Painting Returned To Oxford University Gallery After Four Years
A 17th-century painting stolen from an art gallery at the University of Oxford more than four years ago was recently recovered in Romania....
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Venice Diary Day 3: The Biennale’s Best Pavilions Capture the Absurdity of Art in this Moment
I have a favorite pavilion—if you’ll permit me a superlative, despite not having seen every single one. For five days, I ran around Venice...
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In the Venice Biennale’s Historical Sections, Overlooked 20th-Century Figures Come into Focus
If you take a look at a given artist list for a recurring exhibition over the past hundred years, you’ll most certainly find yourself...
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Man Faces 14 Months in Prison for Selling 145 Fake Peter Max Paintings
On Wednesday, a Connecticut man was sentenced to 14 months in prison for selling 145 fraudulent paintings by Pop artist Peter Max, the Art...
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Christoph Büchel Returns with Another Venice Provocation, Addressing the War in Gaza, NFTs, and More
One thing is for sure, and it’s that Christoph Büchel knows how to piss off Venice Biennale attendees. In 2015, for the Icelandic...
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Artist Eun-Me Ahn Blesses and Baptizes Patrizia Sandretto Re Rebaudengo’s Venice Island Ahead of Its Debut as an Arts Center
As I neared my destination to an island in the northern part of the Venetian lagoon, about 30 minutes from the Giardini, I was among the first...
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Louvre, Guggenheim Among Major Museums Awarded Conservation Grants
Bank of America, which has a division that focuses on cultural philanthropy, has announced the 24 institutions that its giving funding to as...