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The Confessional is Open: Maurizio Cattelan’s Second Coming of the Meteorite Pope

by Raquel Cohen

The art world’s most notorious trickster, Maurizio Cattelan, has returned to his favorite stage: the intersection of sacred ritual and profane consumerism. Fresh on the heels of the 21st anniversary of…

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The $80 Million Masterpiece: Agnes Gund’s Historic Rothko Goes Under the Hammer

by Raquel Cohen

The relationship between the late philanthropist Agnes Gund and the work of Mark Rothko was one of the most storied in the art world. A blend of personal history, domestic intimacy, and a final, grand…

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States Pick Up the Slack on Arts Funding After Federal Reductions

State legislatures are moving to soften the blow of shrinking federal cultural support. According to the National Assembly of State Arts Agencies (NASAA), combined appropriations for the 50 states and…

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Berndnaut Smilde : Sculpting Clouds Indoors

by Justin Muñoz

Step inside an abandoned chapel and, for a few heart-stopping seconds, a luminous cloud floats just above the pews, drifting like a dream you could almost reach out and touch. This impossible sight is…

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Real Masterpieces, Reel Risk: Inside Wes Anderson's “The Phoenician Scheme”

by Justin Muñoz

As the crate opened on Pierre-Auguste Renoir’s Enfant assis en robe bleue the bedroom set seemed to inhale. Varnish caught the key light and the crew instinctively lowered their voices. Knowing that Greta…

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Freud’s 1938 Debut Painting Returns in Peggy Guggenheim Exhibition

In a compelling return to the origins of British modernism, the first painting Lucian Freud ever exhibited will be one of the highlights in a major exhibition celebrating the legacy of Peggy Guggenheim.…

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