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The Untold Story of Rosemarie Beck, the Abstract Artist Who Gave Up Fame For Figuration
"Earthy Paradise," a radiant new exhibition at Van Doren Waxter in New York, shines a light on the life and legacy of ...
Creating in the dark: Lebanese artists struggle to keep creativity alive in a nation at war
As Israel presses a deadly offensive against armed group Hezbollah in his home country, Lebanese artist Charbel Samuel Aoun ...
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See How Modern Artists Obsessed With Death and Darkness Looked to Medieval Gothic Artworks for Inspiration
In the late 19th century, artists were going goth. Works like Vincent van Gogh’s Head of a Skeleton With a Burning Cigarette (1886), Edvard Munch’s By the Deathbed (1893) and Hugo Simberg’s The Garden ...
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A glimmer of hope in a time of war: The Beirut Museum of Art’s mission to heal and regenerate Lebanon through art
Amid the ongoing calamity of war in Lebanon, the country’s cultural scene is determined to work against the odds to keep its ...
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This Storied Rothko Painting Sold for $32.5 Million—30 Percent Less Than a Decade Ago
The painting has passed through the hands of many high-profile collectors including Paul and Bunny Mellon, Francois Pinault, ...