Art
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Arts
700 Paintings, 45 Galleries: A Guide to the Met’s New European Wing
Let the light in. Five years after the Metropolitan Museum of Art set off on a major renovation of its…
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Arts
Dana Schutz Is Seriously Funny. Tracey Emin Is Seriously Honest
Two powerhouse female painters, both brand names, are on view in New York galleries. Compare and contrast.
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World
The de Young Open Dazzles
San Francisco’s flagship art museum is displaying hundreds of works by Bay Area artists through Jan. 7.
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Arts
2 Masterpieces Reveal the Big Bang Moment of Our Art Universe
The Frick, with these not-to-miss treasures by Bellini and Giorgione, manages to get at the origins of our art-watching obsession.
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Arts
What Is Photography? (No Need to Answer That.)
Two exhibitions by Japanese artists raise deep questions about the medium, and — refreshingly — leave them hanging.
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Business
Is This the World’s Highest Grossing Photograph?
“Girls in the Windows” wasn’t made by an art world giant, but people keep buying it. And buying it. And…
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World
Guggenheim Selects Director, First Woman to Lead the Museum Group
Mariët Westermann, vice chancellor of N.Y.U.’s Abu Dhabi campus, will come to New York to run the museum as it…
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Arts
Off the Court and Field, Top Athletes Become Players in the Art Market
Sports figures are increasingly becoming serious collectors, helping drive interest in contemporary art and particularly in artists of color.
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Magazine
What to See, Eat and Buy in Guadalajara, Mexico’s City of Makers
Steeped in cultural heritage, the capital of Jalisco is drawing a new wave of artists.
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World
An Exhibition of Orcs and Elves Has Rome Abuzz, and Bewildered
Italy’s Culture Ministry has opened a curious show dedicated to the life and works of J.R.R. Tolkien — and perhaps…