The User-Centric Museum, Archival Flame Wars, and a Boarded Up Website
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Curator Helen Molesworth Joins Forces with Getty Center for ‘Radical Women’ Podcast
Six episodes examine the lives and work of pioneering female artists, including Betye Saar and Alice Neel.
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After Closure in Face of Fire Engulfing L.A., Getty Center Will Reopen Saturday
The Museum of Sonoma County in Northern California opened its doors again on Thursday, and will remain free to visitors through the weekend.
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Was Manet Ever Truly Modern?
Critics and art historians often take Édouard Manet to be the first master of reification, the original modern painter. Evidence of that mastery is intermittent at best in the exhibition "Manet and…
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Editor’s Letter
The art world has a carbon problem. Long-haul air travel—the lifeblood of biennials and art fairs—contributes to climate change like few other activities.
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As Fires Spread Across Los Angeles, Museums and Galleries Close
More than 150 buildings and homes have already been destroyed by the fire.
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‘Big Pieces of the Sky and Ocean’: De Wain Valentine on His First New York Solo Show in 30 Years
In 1961, De Wain Valentine came to New York with slides of his work. When he showed them to gallery directors, the first response was always some variation on, "This is really interesting work. What…
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The Getty’s Associate Director for Collections Is Retiring
Thomas Kren, the J. Paul Getty Museum’s associate director for collections, is retiring after 35 years with the museum, the Getty announced today. He joined the Getty in 1980, first as an associate…
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An Auction House Is Selling the Bar From Hilter’s Yacht. But Who’s Buying?
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How to Glam Up the Designer Fragrance Category Again
Rolling Stone
Five Exchanges That Defined the Final Debate of 2020
Sportico
NHL Postpones Winter Classic, All-Star Weekend Until 2022
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