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In New York City’s Subway System, There’s Beauty in the Mundane

“Contemporary Art Underground” showcases hundreds of artworks commissioned by the M.T.A., by artists like Alex Katz, Kiki Smith and Vik…

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A Rubens Returns to a German Castle, 80 Years After It Was Stolen

The oil painting of a saint, looted from the castle in the closing weeks of World War II by the…

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How to Transport a Giant Valuable Artwork in Australia

It takes a big truck, a convey of safety vehicles, good planning and a cool nerve.

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Barbara Gladstone, 89, Dies; Art Dealer With a Personal Touch and Global Reach

An art world power, she represented more than 70 artists and estates and ran two large exhibition spaces in Manhattan…

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From the Darién Gap to ‘The Great Dictator’

For his latest art project, Javier Téllez makes eight Venezuelan migrants his collaborators on a film about power.

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Kandinsky Cut Ties With Russia. So Did This Museum.

The first major exhibition at H’Art, a former satellite of the Hermitage, explores how war and nationalism shaped the painter’s…

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Ben Vautier, Artist Whose Specialty Was Provocation, Dies at 88

A core member of the anti-art movement Fluxus, he died by suicide hours after the death of his wife of…

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Overlooked No More: Lorenza Böttner, Transgender Artist Who Found Beauty in Disability

Böttner, whose specialty was self-portraiture, celebrated her armless body in paintings she created with her mouth and feet while dancing…

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John Wilmerding, Who Helped Give American Art an Identity, Dies at 86

American paintings were largely overlooked and undervalued until he came along. A scholar, curator and collector, he oversaw important exhibitions…

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Watching the Future Hatch in the New Museum Incubator

Tech-savvy creators are flocking to New Inc. The focus is less on making art than on making it in a…

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