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The post-World War II period of the late 1940s to 1950s onward saw not only just a...
When you can’t pick a paint swatch
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Bet on black
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Olympia by Édouard Manet at the Musée d'Orsay
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Fighting the canvas
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Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
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Very precious plaster
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The Oscars are nigh, and the agents of cinematic fortune have gifted the world’s...
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The Sartle office was abuzz with frivolity as we celebrated the release...
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The Legion of Honor's new exhibit Gods in Color: Polychromy in the...
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Possible peace portrait
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Yes, Carol, we will visit you this Sunday because it is the 2016 Oscars and we...
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PUPPPPPPPPYYYY!!!! Sorry, no puppies in boxes this year, but perhaps a...
Image: Jacob Lawrence. From The Migration Series, 1940-41. At MOMA. February 2016...
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You can be part of it right now with the opening of the groundbreaking...
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First of all, I clearly had no idea what I was talking about, because there is tons...
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Whether your mom is dazzled by the Impressionists or, like mine, is...
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All the terrible stuff in the news lately has got us down. And no one understands a...
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Mona Lisa confirmed to be Trump’s ancestor after conservationists find...
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Drop trou and pick up your trowels people, because tomorrow is officially World...
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This week, behold Mark Rothko’s Orange, Red, Yellow.
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Two years ago, the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco put on a show...
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Thrill Murray by Mike Coley. 2013. Never miss a chance to ride the coattails of...
Okay, so maybe it’s not that kind of Rubens, but there are some...
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Going to see the Obama Portraits has been described as a secular pilgrimage.
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One of the best things about the art world is simply how surprising it...
Since it opened in 1871, the San Francisco Art Institute has become an...
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Diabeetus
Untitled, 1986 Walking through the Rosie Lee Tompkins exhibit that just...
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American People Series #19: U.S. Postage Stamp Commemorating the Advent of...
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via unimpressionism Realism can refer to two things: the representation of the...
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Acclaimed art collector Shawn “Jay Z” Carter once wisely said, “I bought some...
This week, behold Leonardo da Vinci’s Salvator Mundi.
When people talk about “realism” in art, they are typically referring to one...
Think of Romanticism as the emo kids of the 19th century. While...
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Rococo is an ornamental style of art and interior design which originated in...
Every culture has a golden age of artmaking. It’s a time when the stars align:...
Impression, Sunrise by Claude Monet - the painting that changed it all.
You wouldn’t expect to uncover a spiritual path in the halls of a museum, but the...
Not to be confused with deliciously hipster lager Can you even...
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Thomas Cole, The Oxbow, 1836 The Hudson River was a group of New York-based...
If you think modern artists were the only dames done wrong, then you’ve got...
The Carters’ newest music video is a work of art. R&B/hip-hop...
The term “The Orient” was coined in the 19th century, defined by the region...
Animal Crossing is a peaceful escape into a world where tedious routine becomes fun...
Self-portrait in a straw hat by Vigee Le Brun, in the National Gallery, London.They...
“That painting looks so realistic” is not something most viewers would say of an...
Whether you paced yourself or binged the entire new season of the...
Happy International Selfie Day! Thanks to DJ Rick McNeely - of Fishbowl...
This week, behold Pablo Picasso’s Le Rêve (The Dream).
Spoiler Alert: paintings of the pilgrims are anything but historically accurate...
Step into the 19th century French cafe for a sip of the green fairy this...
Welcome back to Think Before You Ink, a series where we show the worst of the worst...
(Image from arunadsouza) Hide the boobies! In recent art news, Pablo Picasso’s The...
There is no must in art because art is free. - Wassily KandinskyI don’t do...
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“Lili y Gerda”, Gerda WegenerWith the Oscars just around the corner, and my very...
As if I didn't love this show enough (critics of later seasons be damned!),...
We love stories about stolen artworks. Here is a stolen art story that hit the...
Munch to my lazy chagrin, I needn’t have gotten so creative with my cocktail. A...
This week, behold Hans Holbein the Younger’s Darmstadt Madonna.
Cubism was one of the first -isms to hit our collective senses in the twentieth-...
Artist Biopics - Part One: March 7
*** SPOILER ALERT*** Haven’t watched s01 & s02 or read the secret diary? You...
Goering was eager to be thought of as a man of culture, and he was also Hitler’s...
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Before we begin, let’s take a page out of Jan Steen’s book.
The artistic collaboration between Kanye West and George Condo is akin to that...
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Artist Exposes genitals in Paris Museum StuntPerformance Artist Sits in From of...
This film serves as a visual sketch of a man’s life that leaves the audience...
If there was ever a College Board for artists, it would be the art academies of...
We’re drooling over this clever shirt featuring our favorite crime-fighting...
This week we have The Scream by Edvard Munch housed in the National Museum of Art,...
The party in full swing on the front lawn. Photo: Bahara Emami. This past month...
Leonor Fini was an artist of her own self-fashioned Surrealism, known for her bold...
This March, Turner Classic Movies is featuring films about art and artists, airing...
This portrait of Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg is not quite as flattering as you...
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Recognize this mysterious maven? Find the answer here or stand back a little to see...
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You'll want to come dressed to impressed because the Mad Hatter has made a...
