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How to Construct a K-Pop Thrill
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From protests in Hong Kong and Chile to the fires in Australia and California, see a selection of the images nominated for the prestigious photojournalism award.
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The K-pop idol group creates an open, interpretative framework for the back-and-forth exchanges of visual content and meanings between @BTS_bighit and its fandom, called ARMY.
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Sculptures of vibrant, Oaxacan alejibres tower over NYC’s Rockefeller Center ahead of Día de Los Muertos.
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SO NY STATE IS MAKING MUSEUMS LABEL ALL NAZI-LOOTED ART ON VIEW BUT THEY SHOULD ALSO LABEL ALL ART LOOTED THROUGH GENOCIDE AND COLONIZATION AND EXPAND HOW THE WORKS ENDED UP IN THE COLLECTION IN THE FIRST PLACE ACTUALLY THEY SHOULD RESTITU-
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Even on Taylor Swift's most dramatic songs there’s an underlying calm to Lover, a sense of gratitude and relief at having made it this far.
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SO NO ONE TOLD YOU LIFE WAS GONNA BE THIS WAY 👏 👏 👏 👏 👏
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New Banksy mural speaks out against Turkish-Kurdish artist’s imprisonment
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Last Friday, museum workers began contributing to a Google Spreadsheet documenting their place of employment, salary rates, and demographic details like race and gender. The data points offer crucial insight into the economic hierarchies inside museums.
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Prince Harry is set to star as Vincent van Gogh in an upcoming biopic about the infamous painter, reps confirm.
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The recent uprising in Chile is full of references to the beloved Negro Matapacos, who accompanied protestors for many years. As his legend spreads, so too do images of the good boy.
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Tomorrow — the US Postal Service will release a new collection of boldly colored, geometric stamps honoring the late painter and sculptor, Ellsworth Kelly #EllsworthKellyStamps
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Once denounced as "women’s work" with no artistic merit, #embroidery is experiencing a revival with a feminist punch.
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Art History Parades Around the Streets of Japan Ahead of Halloween
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“That I was stopped from acting out the very purpose for which these stolen statues were created speaks directly to the reason why Cambodia is demanding their return from The Met.” — Sophiline Cheam-Shapiro
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On June 11 at 6:30 pm, the @metmuseum will host a vogueing competition as part of a monthlong celebration of pride and #Stonewall50 . The museum’s plaza will transform into an outdoor extravaganza and will feature Anna Wintour as judge. Here’s a peak at the Met’s live preview:
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BREAKING: After months of protest, an emerging biennial boycott, and an accusation of war crimes, Warren Kanders has resigned from his position as vice chairman of the Whitney Museum of American Art’s board of trustees.
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The survey of the late Swedish abstract painter has drawn 600,000 visitors, increased museum memberships, and broke another record in catalogue sales.
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A Banksy artwork “self-destructed” at a Friday night Sotheby’s auction in London.
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Julian Assange’s treadmill is the subject of a new and intriguing print edition by Ai Weiwei.
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Artist Ellsworth Kelly’s new chapel at the University of Texas in Austin. It’s the first and only freestanding building designed by Kelly.
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If you’re feeling hungry for art while you’re stranded at home, 2,500 world-class museums and galleries that are now offering virtual tours and online collections.
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Attack of the Instagram clones: by collaging together virtually indistinguishable travel photos from unrelated Instagram accounts, “Insta Repeat” reveals how social media undermines originality.
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The European Parliament adopted a resolution that “strongly condemns” Azerbaijan’s intentional destruction of Armenian cultural heritage.
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Designer Releases 3D-Printed Stamp to Put Harriet Tubman on the $20 Bill
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Meet the Monster Artist Who Created the Hellboy Universe
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#museumsnowballfight is *definitely* the best thing about the #BombCyclone . Brrrrrrrrrr. ☃️
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Pow! @nyhistory , you've been hit with a #bombcyclone snowy pic! Let the #museumsnowballfight begin. What you got? (We're thinking the visibility up Broadway from 34th St. is abt the same today as in 1899! 🤣)
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“Chroma: Ancient Sculpture in Color” reminds us, once again, that our view of the ancient world is whitewashed.
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Teens are dancing to messages from their abusive exes, continuing the legacy of artists like Ana Mendieta and Suzanne Lacy.
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A dating app for Bored Ape NFT collectors had to shut down earlier this month due to a lack of women members.
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The Art Institute of Chicago is now offering unrestricted access to over 44,000 images from its digital archives. @artinstitutechi
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The Costume Institute at the Metropolitan Museum of Art announces “Looting and Plunder” as the new gala theme, scrapping their plan to pay tribute to the late designer Karl Lagerfeld.
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Hilma Af Klint: Paintings for the Future, a survey of the works of the Swedish abstract painter and occultist at the Guggenheim Museum in New York City, has shattered previous records and became the museum’s most visited exhibition in its 60-year history.
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Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, who represents the 14th district of New York in the Bronx and Queens, unveiled a series of New Deal Era-style posters to promote her Green New Deal (GND) plan: .
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Carving out her own approach to abstraction, Krasner tapped into hermetic languages outside of art history.
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Over the last five years, the J. Paul Getty Trust and the Metropolitan Museum of Art have created online databases that bring thousands of artworks to screens across the globe. @LauraRaicovich deep dives into the most downloaded works from each archive.
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50 years ago today … On March 5, 1968 in Toronto, Marcel Duchamp and John Cage played a game of musical chess. Here’s the story.
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The Japanese-American artist’s wire sculptures have been likened to birds’ nests. Here’s a first look at some of the designs.
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If you’re feeling hungry for art while you’re stranded at home, 2,500 world-class museums and galleries that are now offering virtual tours and online collections.
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A missing Klimt drawing is found in the closet of a former museum secretary
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Official Obama Portraits by Kehinde Wiley and Amy Sherald Were Just Unveiled
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Happy Birthday to Man Ray, photographer of the Dada and Surrealist movements, born on this day in 1890. #manray
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Musée d’Orsay Renames Manet’s “Olympia” After Its Overlooked Black Model, Laure
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Scottish protesters want to bring the already infamous Trump balloon north to greet the US President.
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Happy Birthday to Barack Obama, who turns 58 today! Thanks to artists Amy Sherald and Kehinde Wiley, the Obamas became the first members of their families, as well as the first black president and black first lady, to have portaits comissioned.
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Happy Mother’s Day to mamas in art and mamas everywhere 🌼 Alice Neel, “Nancy and the twins, 5 months” (1971)
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With more than 300 works drawn from 66 Japanese institutions and 30 American collections, The Life of Animals in Japanese Art at @ngadc is likely one of the largest exhibitions of Japanese art that a generation of Americans will ever see.
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NYC’s arts sector was among the hardest hit during the pandemic. Now, Mayor Eric Adams plans to cut the city’s culture budget by $72 million.
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Museum trustees supporting Trump. Why does this feel so gross?
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Combined, trustees at MoMA and the Frick Collection shelled out $900,000 to the Trump re-election campaign. 😬
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From Nina Simone to Run-DMC, four playlists celebrate the musicians who inspired (and were inspired by) Jean-Michel Basquiat.
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After several years of discussions and deliberations, the Board of Trustees of the Association of Art Museum Directors (AAMD) approved a resolution calling on art museums to pay their interns.
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"Bauhaus Beginnings" at the Getty Research Institute captures the iconic school’s freewheeling spirit and democratic mode of artistic production.
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Artistic Expressions of Math Over Seven Centuries @metmuseum
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Basquiat’s musical taste was eclectic and wide-ranging. Now, four playlists celebrate the musicians who inspired the artist — and the many he influenced.
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Fernando Botero, “Picnic in the Mountains,” 1966 expertly captioned by @classicartshit
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The Distance Between the Art Our Brains Imagine and Our Hands Produce
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🚨 The @metmuseum has announced a suspension on accepting gifts from Sackler family members associated with Purdue Pharma, the drug manufacturing company that produces OxyContin. 🚨
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A broad swath of society seems to feel more welcome in a public library rather than a museum. @LauraRaicovich examined the Brooklyn Public Library as a model of heightened engagement through collective knowledge creation.
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Looking at František Kupka we see an intense channeling of occult vibrations and shimmering realities that asks viewers if they too have experienced their life this way. @GrandPalaisRmn
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The British Museum has dug its heels in regarding its decision not to repatriate the Parthenon Marbles, offering Greece an “exclusive NFT” of the sculptures.
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Hilma af Klint, Outlier for the Ages @Guggenheim
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You know that story of the passenger who wanted to bring her emotional support peacock with her on a United flight? Well, it’s Ventiko, the performance artist, and we’ve covered her in the past, and yes, she really is inseparable from her beautiful bird.
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Archeologists working in the ancient city of Pompeii, say they have unearthed a cache of amulets, good luck charms, gems, and other items of sorcery. The objects likely belonged to a Roman sorceress, officials at the Archaeological Park of Pompeii say.
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Art Institute of Chicago Offers Thousands of Free, High-Resolution Images @artinstitutechi
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Who said important Baroque painters didn’t paint dog portraits? This 17th-century painting is by Guercino and it’s going to auction.
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