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Israeli Artist Shuts Venice Biennale Exhibit, Calls for Cease-Fire in Gaza

Ruth Patir, Israel’s representative at the event, says she won’t open her show in the national pavilion until Israel and…

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Faith Ringgold Perfectly Captured the Pitch of America’s Madness

Ringgold’s landmark career was long ignored by the art establishment. But she kept going, mixing the personal and political, and…

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A Beloved Copenhagen Cafe Gets Serious About Dinner

The chef Frederik Bille Brahe has transformed the Apollo Bar & Kantine into his version of a fine dining restaurant,…

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Norman Lear’s Art Goes to Auction

The television producer’s prime pieces will be featured in a special evening sale at Christie’s in May.

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Faith Ringgold Dies at 93; Wove Black Life Into Quilts and Children’s Books

A champion of Black artists, she explored themes of race, gender, class, family and community through a vast array of…

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A Modern California Dream, Still Haunted by Hippie Darkness

Cult leaders, curdled 1960s idealism and outsider art collide in Max Ludington’s prismatic novel, “Thorn Tree.”

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A Steadying Force for the Africa Center Is Stepping Down

Uzodinma Iweala, chief executive of the Harlem institution, will leave at the end of 2024 after guiding it through pandemic…

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With Brute Force and Steel, This Artist Creates Works of Ephemeral Beauty

Art of Craft is a series about craftspeople whose work rises to the level of art. On a summer day…

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Can Adriano Pedrosa Save the Venice Biennale? No Pressure.

Only workaholics and delusional optimists should organize a Venice Biennale, as the Brazilian curator Adriano Pedrosa discovered during the countless…

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Two Art Deco Icons Poised for a Renaissance

Tamara de Lempicka, a painter favored by celebrities and designers, is being revisited. Plus, a historical Miami building reopens as…

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