How Leo Castelli, MoMA, and Two Wealthy Collectors Charted Today’s Rocket-Fueled Art Market
A new legal paper and a close look at the Castelli archives has much to teach us about the soaring prices for contemporary art.
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Outside the White House, rafa esparza Works Through Physical and Bureaucratic Constraints
By literally facing down the white supremacist regime wielding the power of the state against so many people like himself, esparza demonstrates the power an individual: to make common cause with…
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As Sam Gilliam's work has gained ever greater recognition, his story has often been characterized as a comeback (though he never left) or a rediscovery (though he wasn't lost).
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‘A Beautiful Vision’: Artist Susan Weil on the Work of—and Her Life with—Bernard Kirschenbaum, Her Poetry, and More
Early pieces by Kirschenbaum are currently the subject of an extraordinary exhibition at Postmasters Gallery in New York.
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Bodies of Work: In Washington, Big-Ticket Blockbusters, a Bracing Permanent Collection Hang, Anne Truitt, and the Museum of the Bible
Plus, "Vermeer and the Masters of Genre Painting" at the National Gallery, Mark Bradford at the Hirshhorn, and more
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Crossing Over: Alejandro G. Iñárritu’s VR Piece About Traversing the U.S.-Mexico Border Comes to Washington, D.C.
The work, Carne y Arena, runs at the former Trinidad Baptist Church until August.
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Two Curtains, Countless Cameras, and Many Friends: At the Unveiling of the Portraits of Barack and Michelle Obama in Washington
Music selected by the the former president and former first lady presented included songs by Miley Cyrus and U2.
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How to Get Forgotten: What Ever Happened to Aaron Kuriloff?
On December 14, 1963, the New York Times ran a glowing review of a group show at the Thibaut Gallery. Critic Brian O'Doherty wrote that "Hard Center" was "fascinating" and "not to be missed." The…
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American Beauty: Jasper Johns, Robert Rauschenberg, and the Case of the Missing Flag
Robert Rauschenberg kept only one major example of his earliest, most influential body of work, the Combine paintings he made between 1954 and 1961. Short Circuit (1955) is similar to other works…
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‘Millennials Are Not Joiners’: On the Ground at the College Art Association 2016 Conference in Washington, D.C.
The last time the College Art Association held its annual conference in Washington, D.C., was 1991. This was during the Culture Wars, and Robert Mapplethorpe dominated. The opening reception was held…
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