Clara Peeters, Still Life with Cheeses, Almonds and Pretzels, 1615 Collection of the Mauritshuis, The Hague, Netherlands. A few years after art historian Linda Nochlin famously asked “Why Have There Been No Great Women Artists?”in a 1971 ARTnews article, she and fellow professor Ann Sutherland Harris came up with an answer of sorts, in the …
A mosaic depicting an erotic bedroom scene has made its way back to Pompeii. Photo Eliano Imperato/Anadolu via Getty Images An ancient mosaic that may have been looted by a Nazi officer has returned to its home in Italy decades after being stolen. The mosaic depicts a bedroom scene and probably originated somewhere in the …
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A model walks the runway during the Chanel Metiers D’Art 2018/19 Show at The Metropolitan Museum of Art on December 4, 2018 in New York City. (ANGELA WEISS/AFP via Getty Images) START SPREADING THE NEWS: Chanel is returning to the New York runway for the first time in seven years. The French fashion house will present its …
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Solange Pessoa. Photo Miro Kuzmanovic/Courtesy the artist On a recent summer day in the Colorado resort town of Aspen, while some were hiking through the Rocky Mountains and enjoying the heat, the artist Solange Pessoa was indoors, strewing bones around the basement level of the Aspen Art Museum. She worked with purpose, careful not to …
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Hieronymus Bosch, The Garden of Earthly Delights, c. 1490–1510 Collection of the Prado Museum, Madrid. Digital image: Wikimedia Commons. The word most often used to describe The Garden of Earthly Delights (c. 1490–1510), surreal, is, in fact, an anachronism. No such term existed when it was created, and there was nothing about it that didn’t …
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Maria Helena Vieira da Silva’s Peggy Guggenheim Collection show. ©Matteo De Fina It’s fitting that a major survey of the maze-like abstractions of Portuguese French artist Maria Helena Vieira da Silva (1908–92) is taking place in Venice, a city whose labyrinthine streets unexpectedly burst into piazzas. In these paintings, patchwork planes of vibrant, tile-like squares …
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Chichen Itza, Mexico Getty Images. One of the largest Maya cities, with an estimated population of 35,000 at its peak, Chichén Itzá was founded around the sixth century on the Yucatán peninsula. Its name roughly translates to “at the mouth of the Itzás’ well,” the Itzá being a subgroup of the Maya people who eventually …
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The Bayeux Tapestry. ©Bayeux Museum The Bayeux Tapestry, an iconic embroidered cloth that depicts the Norman invasion of 1066, will be loaned to British Museum next year, marking the first time the tapestry has visited the UK in more than 900 years. The loan is the result of an agreement between British Prime Minister Sir …
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An aerial view of a building structure in Peñico. Courtesy Peruvian Ministry of Culture Peru’s Ministry of Culture recently revealed the archaeological site of Peñico after eight years of research and conservation work. Located in the province of Huaura, the 3,500-year-old “City of Social Integration” dates back to 1800 BCE and was strategically located “to …
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Dame Maggie Smith and Hugh Bonneville in “Downton Abbey” Series Six. Courtesy Carnival Films/Nick Briggs via WWD BACK IN TIME: Attention all “Downton Abbey” fans who are finding it hard to say farewell to the franchise. To coincide with the release of the third and final “Downton Abbey” film in September, Bonhams is holding a farewell exhibition and auction of props, costumes …
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