Who was Jan van Eyck?
Jan van Eyck was the inventor of oil paint, but he was also an alchemist. Are there other things we have yet to learn about the famous northern Master?
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The Struggle Over New York Architecture
Herbert Muschamp surveys the political landscape of real-estate development and architecture in New York. What does it take to build significant architecture in the Big Apple?
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An Underground Presence in New York Performance
Denied an NEA grant this year at the last moment, performance artist William Pope.L has nevertheless succeeded in developing a small but dedicated following.
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Re-Imagining Art in a Changed World
In the fourth installment of a series on the changes in art and artists brought about by the September 11 attacks, Mary McNamara checks in with artists from different fields about what they're doing differently now?
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“Sade Surreal” On View in Zurich
The exhibition “Sade Surreal,” currently on view at the Kunsthaus Zurich, explores the influence of the notorious writer on Surrealist writers and artists, among them Max Ernst, Man Ray, Pierre Klossowski, Hans Bellmer, and Alberto Giacometti. Just what was the fascination of de Sade?
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Future of Mies's Farnsworth House Still Unclear
Earlier this year, Mies van der Rohe's Farnsworth House seemed to be on its way to becoming a public attraction when Peter Palumbo, its current owner, put it up for sale. Now, a budget deficit in Illinois has left its future uncertain. What will happen to the famous “levitating” steel-and-glass house?
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LA to Be Only US Stop for Warhol Retrospective
Los Angeles ponied up $250,000 to a 50-year Warhol retrospective to LA MoCA. It turns out to be the only US stop for the show.
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Charles Moore Retrospective Revisits Postmodernism
Postmodernism in architecture—messy, inclusive, nostalgic—has likely come and gone. Now, an exhibition at Yale University offers a chance to reconsider one of its founding figures, Charles Moore.
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Milwaukee Art Museum and the New York Times in Row
Writing in the New York Times,Deborah Solomon recently called the Milwaukee Art Museum's collection “B-level.” Now, the museum's director, Russell Bowman, has written a letter to the gray lady pointing out that she never visited the museum to write her article and make her judgement.
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Cleveland Museum of Art to Get Much-Needed Breathing Room
Rafael Vinoly's $170 million expansion of the Cleveland Museum of Art is set to give the prominent collection some much-needed breathing—and viewing—room. Set to unveil his initial concepts on February 12, what can we except from 57-year-old native of Uruguay and former concert pianist?
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Carnegie Acquires Archive of African-American Life
The Carnegie Museum of Art in Pittsburgh has acquired one of the largest known photo archives of African-American life. With 80,000 negatives of work by Charles H. Harris, the museum is planning a retrospective, but not until it has catalogued and digitized all the images.
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Digital Art Gets Past the First Hurdle
With the crash of the Net economy, the carpetbaggers have cleared out, leaving the die-hards and the Internet artists who pioneered Net.art. But will they be able to create work that can become self-sustaining and draw a wide audience?