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The Woman in Gold: Masterpiece or Meh?
A new movie is bringing attention to a painting that some consider to be the Austrian "Mona Lisa" — while others argue it’s just a society portrait, and not a great one at that.The painting is Gustav...
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Basquiat and Lawrence as Social Activists
A social awakening is happening in the museum world.Two new exhibits discuss the whiteness of art and the struggle of African-American artists to bring more black faces into paintings. Jacob Lawrence's...
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Finding ALL-American Art
Deborah Solomon, WNYC art critic and the author of American Mirror: The Life and Art of Norman Rockwell (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2013), talks about the new Whitney Museum and its first exhibition...
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If You're An Artist, It Pays to be in New York City
Even those of us enamored of this city know that sometimes New York is just too New York-y. The art world, for instance, tends to favor local painting and sculpture over imports from the west — west of...
View ArticleThese Giant Bagels Are the Comfort Food of Public Art
Hanna Liden, a Swedish artist living in New York, holds the odd distinction of being the first to turn bagels into public sculpture. Her installation “Everything” — which takes its title from the kind...
View ArticleSweater-in-an-Art Museum Season Is Almost Upon Us
With summer's end comes the upswing of the local art and culture scene. Local critics discuss what upcoming productions, shows, and exhibitions they're keeping their eyes (and ears) on this...
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Picasso, Like You've Never Seen Before
Think you know Picasso? Think again.A new exhibit opening Monday, September 14, at the Museum of Modern Art presents approximately 140 sculptures by the Pablo Picasso created over the course of his...
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What We Know (and Don't Know) about Photographs
Three new photography exhibits at the Jewish Museum explore the stories behind the images, how they were created and how they influence our understanding of immigration, communism and celebrity."We...
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Two Shows to See in a Season Full of Openings
It's the peak of the fall art season and at times it can feel like new exhibits are opening practically every day. If you're wondering about what to go and see, WNYC's art critic Deborah Solomon...
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Hanging with Frank Stella
Frank Stella, who is 79, got up on a podium to make some brief comments at his Whitney Museum opening this week. He said he had a great time these past few weeks installing his current retrospective....
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Coney Island on my Mind
Was I ever a habitué of Coney Island? Not exactly. The magic carpets and Ferris Wheels of my youth were located at Rye Playland, in the safe, well-scrubbed suburbs of New York. The rise of the suburbs,...
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Rocks for Non-Jocks
I keep two small rocks on my desk. I picked them up decades ago, one in Nova Scotia, the other out West, and they continue to hold a sentimental charge. Rocks, as the geologists like to say, never...
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Review: Drawing’s Golden Age in New York
The art of drawing has always been overshadowed by flashier mediums, but this happens to be a moment when drawings are impossible to ignore. The main event is “Drawing Then,” a group show of uncommon...
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Review: Laura Poitras Exposes a New Secret: Her Art
Is Laura Poitras an artist? The question might seem like the height of irrelevance. She is, after all, a hugely acclaimed documentary filmmaker. Her Oscar-winning “Citizenfour” (2014) followed Edward...
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Review: Painter of the 1% (Before the Revolution)
The history of art does not abound with female masters. Yet in recent years, feminist-minded scholars have tumbled back in time to search for overlooked figures. One of the better-known rediscoveries...
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Review: More Than Just 'The Scream'
Edvard Munch remains best-known for his “Scream,” an image that can rival the Mona Lisa for mass popularity. But Munch was much more than a one-hit wonder. “Munch and Expressionism,” a fascinating show...
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Met Breuer Sneak Peek
This month the Metropolitan Museum of Art expands to its third site, moving into the former Whitney building designed by Marcel Breuer on Madison at 74th Street.WNYC art critic Deborah Solomon previews...
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Review: Japan’s Photographers Remember 3-11
There is nothing like a global catastrophe to push art into seeming irrelevance. A painting has never stopped an earthquake from erupting. But art fares well in the remembrance-of-earthquakes...
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Review: Edgar Degas’s Fingerpaintings
Of all the French Impressionists, Edgar Degas is generally viewed as the most conservative. Unlike Monet and the rest of the clan, who set up their easels in the verdant out-of-doors and recorded the...
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Review: Sol LeWitt Collected the Art of Everyone But Sol LeWitt
Sol LeWitt was one of the founders of Conceptual art, and he had a talent for making complex ideas seem accessible. He earned his first fame in the 1960s for sculptures assembled from white-painted...
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