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Alfred Leslie, Artist Who Turned Away From Abstraction, Dies at 95
“The virtual banishment of figuration and narrative from the vocabulary of so many thoughtful artists was one of the legacies of the modernists,” he said. “I never accepted this.”
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Is ‘Workism’ Dooming Civilization? Notes on the New Pew Parents Study.
This week the Pew Research Center released a study looking at the attitudes of contemporary American parents toward their own lives and those of their kids. Among other things, the survey provides an interesting supplement to the themes of my Sunday ...
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A Curator Unbound: First She Was Fired. Then She Found Freedom
Helen Molesworth charts a new course with podcasts and a show at the International Center of Photography focusing on artists’ images of artists.
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Don’t Call It a Magazine
A party for Paradigm Trilogy, a niche publication, drew a New York art crowd.
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Temple Grandin and the Power of Visual Thinking
More from our inbox: Kevin McCarthy’s Vindictive MoveClimate Scientists, Speak Up! Politicians, Act!Finding the Supreme Court LeakerCredit...Alanah SarginsonTo the Editor: Re “Society Is Failing Visual Thinkers, and That Hurts Us All,” by Temple ...
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Baltimore Museum of Art Taps Its Chief Curator as Its Next Director
Asma Naeem, raised in Baltimore, will lead the city’s pre-eminent art museum as it faces unionization and equity efforts.
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The Philip Guston Hoard: A Boon or Overkill?
The gift of 220 artworks from the artist’s foundation to the august Metropolitan Museum of Art seems at odds with the institution it hopes to become.
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The Philip Guston Hoard: A Boon or Overkill?
The gift of 220 artworks from the artist’s foundation to the august Metropolitan Museum of Art seems at odds with the institution it hopes to become.
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Dick Polich, Master Forger of Sculptures for Artists, Dies at 90
His cavernous Hudson Valley foundry helped Louise Bourgeois, Richard Serra, Jeff Koons and many others turn their large-scale visions into reality.
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The Unforgettable Meets the Unimaginable at the Winter Show
Back to its home in the Park Avenue Armory, the fair offers one-of-a-kind art from America’s earliest known free Black painter, and even a marble skull.
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