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Artsy - This past fall, the 87-year-old American artist  Jasper Johns revealed plans to turn his 170-acre retreat in rural Sharon, Connecticut, into an artists’ residence upon his death. Recognized as one of Am...

Art in America - First the good news. “Art and China after 1989: Theater of the World,” now appearing at the Guggenheim Museum in New York through January 7, samples China’s most fertile and challenging post-Ma...

Viewing Megan Vun Wong's work in order to identify its various notations and marks, an attempt to "read" it for it's near associational messages might be time well spent for some people. And yet it would be far...

Hyperallergic - A mahaffa, I learn, is a handheld fan made by weaving the fronds of palm trees, a ubiquitous household item that is emblematic of Iraq and the Gulf region. It is also one of the few belongings t...

Hyperallergic - The duo’s early work reveals how they opened the door to truly seeing queer bodies in art. - read more...

Hyperallergic - Rodin was solitary before fame came to him, and afterward he became perhaps still more solitary. For fame is ultimately the summary of all misunderstandings that crystallize around a new name. -...

BBC - The portraits of the Earl and Countess of Carbery at Carmarthenshire County Museum had been attributed to Sir Peter Lely and 'artist unknown' respectively. But experts found the countess was painted by Br...

Hyperallergic  —  In early October 1889, Norwegian painter Edvard Munch left the city of Kristiania (now Oslo) for Paris. At age 25, he was more than ready to leave behind a scolding, pietistic father and the p...