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Category: Art & Museums
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Marilyn Minter Is Camera Ready
The 77-year-old artist has spent her career observing others. Now, with the documentary “Pretty Dirty: The Life and Times of Marilyn Minter,” she becomes the star.
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How Magdalene Odundo Makes Ceramics Seem Like Bodies in Motion
For more than five decades, the ceramist Magdalene Odundo has been making abstract, time-intensive vessels that recall bodies in motion.
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At $236.4 Million, Portrait by Klimt is Second Most Expensive Painting at Auction
The portrait of Elisabeth Lederer, looted by the Nazis and spared from a blaze, was a highlight of the Sotheby’s evening sale.
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Artists Pick Their Favorite Films About Artists
Movies with artist-protagonists are known to be disappointing. These pass muster and even inspire.
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The Art of Britain’s Windrush Generation Has Never Felt More Relevant
At a time of rising xenophobia and nativism, their work examines the meeting of different cultures, and their own right to belong.
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With New Condé Nast Galleries, the Met Museum Gets Fashion Forward
The Costume Institute is bringing its annual blockbuster show to a permanent home off the Grand Hall, due in part to Anna Wintour’s efforts to get “out of the basement.”
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These Six Artworks Could Predict the Auction Market
The art market had a summer of closures and consolidations. But major collections, blue-chip art and guarantees have pushed expectations high for the marquee sales.
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Want to Buy a Work of Art at Auction? Here’s What to Know.
A step-by-step guide to navigating this oft-misunderstood part of the market, with tips on getting what you want without experiencing buyer’s remorse.
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A Company Sold Investors $1 Billion in Art. Did it Paint Too Rosy a Picture?
Masterworks offers average investors a chance to buy individual shares in paintings often only owned by the rich, but critics say its marketing can overstate the upside of investing in its art.
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Sam McKinniss Paints the 2020s
Now on display at a Manhattan gallery, his internet-sourced portraits are in demand. But he says, “I’m a very nervous person.”
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A Parisian Home That Looks Scandinavian
When a couple found a classic Haussmannian apartment, they chose an architect who’d give it a pared-back feel.