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Married Georgia O'Keeffe and took lots of nude pictures of her
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Had 99 problems, but talent ain't one
Revealed humanity in the most imposing of public figures
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Hail Marilyn, full of pills
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Crazy hair, bombastic performance
…and five epic Oscar losses. But he’s finally done it! Here’s how:
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This room drove its owner insane
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Bad dude in a tranquil moment
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Detail from La Città Nuova (The New City) by Antonio Sant’...
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From the walls of the world’s great museums, to the dusky halls of the stately...
Mel Brimfield, This is Performance Art, 2011, C-print Ah, performance artists...
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This week, behold Mark Rothko’s Orange, Red, Yellow.
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This week, behold Francis Bacon’s Three Studies of Lucian Freud.
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Since it opened in 1871, the San Francisco Art Institute has become an...
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Pastels just might be the most underrated medium in all of art history. You rarely...
American People Series #19: U.S. Postage Stamp Commemorating the Advent of...
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