The Semi-Secret History of Modernism’s Best Comic Artist
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Venerable Conceptual artist withdraws from "Radical Presence" at Grey Art Gallery, asserting it marginalizes African American artists
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Fresh Prints: MoMA Washes Pollock’s Hands
Using art history, chemistry, and detective work, conservators uncover intriguing details in three classic paintings
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It’s Manet Mania Weekend at Yale!
On the 150th birthday of Manet's two most scandalous paintings, a show and a conference track the afterlives of the nudes, the dudes, the maid, and the cat
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Marc Chagall's Crucifixions are in a startling Jewish Museum show that overturns popular notions of his work
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Identity remixed in provocative displays at the Jewish Museum, the New Museum, the Whitney, and Tate Modern
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