Art
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For Women ‘Art Monsters,’ Both Beauty and Excess Are Key
The new book by Lauren Elkin examines artists who’ve defied conventions and expectations, including Carolee Schneemann, Eva Hesse and Kara…
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At the Chicago Architecture Biennial, Artists Run Free
Faheem Majeed, a member of the art collective the Floating Museum and one of the artistic directors of this year’s…
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Sebastian Maniscalco’s Toughest Audience Is His Kids
“When they laugh, it blows away the feeling of 20,000 people,” says the comedian, who stars in the new Max…
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The Art of Being a Super Begins at Dawn
A harried super at a five-building co-op in Westchester County carves out some time in the morning to return to…
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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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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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US
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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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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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…