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Five Works to Know by Kerry James Marshall, One of Today’s Greatest Painters

Kerry James Marshall. Getty Images for MOCA Superlatives have been lavished upon Kerry James Marshall, and understandably so. His acclaimed paintings of the past four and a half decades have challenged the systemic exclusion of Black figures across art history while also protesting racism in the present—no small task, and not an easy one. Perhaps …

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Olney Gleason Announces Exclusive Representation of Work by Jackson Pollock and Lee Krasner

Jackson Pollock in his studio in 1953 Tony Vaccaro/Getty Images Olney Gleason, headed by alums of the former Kasmin gallery, will exclusively represent the work of pioneering Abstract Expressionist painters Jackson Pollock and his wife, Lee Krasner through the the Pollock-Krasner Foundation. The gallery, which opened earlier this year, was founded by Nick Olney and …

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Is Gerhard Richter the Greatest Artist of Our Time?

Gerhard Richter, Self-Portrait, Three Times, 1/24/90, 1990 Arwork copyright © Gerhard Richter 2025 (01102025). Digital image © copyright Tate, London/Art Resource, New York. In 2017, Gerhard Richter announced that he’d completed the last of his paintings, prompting some to say that he was retiring altogether. This wasn’t the case; he continued to produce drawings, other …

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Five Works to Know by Seydou Keïta, ‘The Father of African Photography’

Seydou Keïta Now celebrated as the father of African photography, Seydou Keïta (ca. 1921–2001) operated a busy studio in Bamako, Mali (until 1960, French Sudan), between 1948 and 1963, a time of radical transformation—from rural to urban and from colonial to postcolonial—both in that country and across Africa. The thousands of people Keïta photographed during …

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A New Contemporary Art Center in Kazakhstan Puts Decolonization into Practice 

The opening performance of Barsakelmes. Photo Nurtas Sisekenov Kazakhstan’s newly opened Tselinny Center of Contemporary Culture offers a guide to decolonization, and it goes something like this: Remember, rethink, advance, dance.   These steps were put into practice in September, when a collective of Kazakh visual artists, musicians, poets, and singers, adorned in feathers and sumptuous fabrics, …

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The Philadelphia Museum of Art Rebrands to … the Philadelphia Art Museum

The facade of the Philadelphia Art Museum, showing off its new name and logo. Photo Rob Cusick/Courtesy Philadelphia Art Museum On Wednesday, the Philadelphia Museum of Art announced a major rebrand to—drum roll, please—the Philadelphia Art Museum. In a press release, the museum said the change “places Philadelphia front and center,” though, by my read, …

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As the Government Shutdown Continues, Previously Unaffected Museums Prepare to Close Their Doors

The National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C. De Agostini via Getty Images As the government shutdown continues into its third week, museums previously unaffected are beginning to close their doors. This is the latest change in programing amid the ongoing government shutdown, which has seen a number of museum and national park services suspended. One …

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Patrick Eugène Collaborates with Dior for 10th Edition of Lady Dior Art Project

Haitian-American artist Patrick Eugène has been tapped by Dior to reinterpret the house’s iconic Lady Dior handbag. Patrick Eugène Atelier © Heather Sten Haitian-American artist Patrick Eugène has been tapped by Dior to reinterpret the house’s iconic Lady Dior handbag for the 10th-anniversary edition of its Dior Lady Art initiative. For a decade, the project has invited artists from around the world to transform the classic bag …

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Diane Keaton Loved to Make Art, Though She Didn’t Consider Herself An Artist

Diane Keaton attends the Handprint and Footprint in Cement Ceremony for Actress Diane Keaton hosted by TCL Chinese Theatre on August 11, 2022 in Hollywood, California. Getty Images Diane Keaton, the beloved actress known for her singular style and screen presence, died Saturday at the age of 79. While she was primarily celebrated for her …

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Glenn Close’s Iconic Hollywood Costumes Are On View at the Telfair Museums in Savannah

Glenn Close at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences’ Governors Awards, 2024. Photo Frazer Harrison/Getty Image The Hollywood actress Glenn Close began collecting the costumes she wore in her movies after wrapping her very first film, The World According to Garp (1982), for which she was nominated for a Best Supporting Actress Oscar. …

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