Acosia Red Elk’s performance on October 14, 2025, in front of ‘Washington Crossing the Delaware by Emmanuel Leutze (1851). The painting reveals a hidden artwork by Flechas, titled ‘Landback’ when visitors use the “Encoded” app. Photos by Aaron Huey courtesy of Amplifier This week, for maybe the first time, an eagle beat its wings in …
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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 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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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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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 …
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 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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Radcliffe Avenue in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles during the Palisades Fire, January 2025. Photo Apu Gomes via Getty Ron Rivlin thought he was well prepared for fire. The owner of Revolver Gallery in Los Angeles and a prolific collector of works by Andy Warhol had custom-built his home in Pacific Palisades with …
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The Musée d’Orsay held a mock trial to determine whether Manet was guilty of obscenity for painting Le Déjeuner sur l’herbe (1863), as seen on the screen. Courtesy Musée d’Orsay At the 1863 Salon des Refusés—a special exhibition for works rejected by Paris’s official Salon—Édouard Manet’s Déjeuner sur l’herbe provoked intense controversy. Many critics labeled its female nude …
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Robert Newland. Courtesy Superblue An artwork caught up in the saga of fraudster art dealer Inigo Philbrick came up for auction late last month in New York—and failed to sell. In 2023 Philbrick’s business partner, Robert Newland, was sentenced to 20 months in prison. In addition to his prison term, Newland was ordered to forfeit …
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