Helen ‘Leni’ Stern, Sculptor and Patron Who Championed Washington Color School, Is Dead at 89
A short-lived museum that she founded exhibited seminal D.C. artists such as Kenneth Noland, Morris Louis, and Paul Reed.
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Color in Landscape
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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Mapplethorpe Show in Portugal Sparks Censorship Controversy: Curator Resigns, Open Letter Circulates, Artist’s Foundation Disputes Charge [Updated]
João Ribas announced his decision to leave the day after opening a hot-button show of the late photographer.
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“Outliers and American Vanguard Art”
Self-taught, modern primitive, visionary, folk artist: for decades, the field of outsider art has been mired in debate over its terminology.
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Here Are 1,541 More Works That the National Gallery of Art Is Acquiring From the Corcoran
The National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., announced a second acquisition of pieces—mainly works on paper—from the Corcoran Gallery of Art, which decided to disband last year for…
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Retrospective: Artists Discuss What Constitutes Obscenity
And other excerpts from our coverage 100, 75, 50, and 25 years ago
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Corcoran Can Disband, Judge Rules
The fight to save the Corcoran Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C.,ended in defeat on Monday when Judge Robert D. Okun of the District of Columbia Superior Court ruled that the institution could cont…
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Morning Links: Harun Farocki Edition
Film and video artist Harun Farocki has died at the age of 70. [Artnet] Artist Devin Leonardi has died at 33. [Artforum] The benefactors of Lucien Freud’s $161 million…
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‘Save the Corcoran’ Group Heads to Court Next Week
A judge in Washington, D.C. Superior Court will hear arguments from the “Save the Corcoran” group next week during a four-day hearing aimed at preventing the merger of the Corcoran Gallery of…
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Opposition Group Files Suit to Halt Corcoran Dissolution
The proposed dissolution of the Corcoran Gallery of Art and the Corcoran College of Art and Design may have hit a roadblock.
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