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From the Toppling of Statues Around the World to the Cancellation of Art Basel: The Best and Worst of the Art World This Week

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Jun 12, 2020
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France Is Seeking Proposals for a New Public Monument to Memorialize Victims of Slavery, Destined for Paris’s Tuileries Gardens

Jun 12, 2020
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France is commissioning a new monument memorializing the victims of slavery—and it’s asking the public for ideas. Last week, the country’s ministry of culture launched an open call for the design and production of the public work, which will be installed in Paris’s Tuileries Gardens, next to the Musée du Louvre.  “This project expresses the...

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Disgraced Art Dealer Inigo Philbrick Has Been Arrested on a Pacific Island and Charged With Perpetrating a $20 Million Fraud Scheme

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How Artist Lucien Smith, Fed Up With Speculators and Dealers, Quit His Galleries and Got His First Solo Museum Show

Aug 18, 2020
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In 2013, just two years out of art school, the artist Lucien Smith had already become a cautionary tale. That year, his painting Hobbes, The Rain Man, and My Friend Barney / Under the Sycamore Tree set a stratospheric auction record at Phillips New York, when it sold for $389,000. Smith saw two more years of

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Editors’ Picks: 7 Things for Your Art Calendar This Week, From a Ruth Asawa-Inspired Workshop to an Outdoor Photo Show

Aug 17, 2020
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Each week, we search New York City for the most exciting and thought-provoking shows, screenings, and events. In light of the global health situation, we are currently highlighting digital events, as well as in-person exhibitions open in the New York area. (Times are all EST unless otherwise noted.)    Monday, August 17—Sunday, November 29 In

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‘Landscapes Opened a Whole New World for Me’: Artist Shara Hughes on How She Subverts the Tradition of Flower Painting

Aug 17, 2020
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Kaleidoscopic landscapes and riotous bursts of flowers are the signatures of Brooklyn-based artist Shara Hughes—scenes she creates entirely from her imagination. The artist’s third solo show with Zurich’s Galerie Eva Presenhuber, “Day By Day By Day,” opened in June, but she will not have seen it in person by the time it closes in September. “It’s very strange,”

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