Stories By Alix McKenna
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Artist’s Blacklist Fights Speculation
May 18, 2025Although the market has been good to Ms. Dumas, the artist’s distaste for speculative art buyers...
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Suburban Gothic: A. Clarke Bedford’s America
May 18, 2025Bedford explains "one begins to wonder if every snapshot of grandparents in a Model A Ford...
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How to Get Your Work in the Louvre? Hang it up Yourself!
May 18, 2025Ironically, while Mr. Guérineau has indicated a desire to infuse France’s museums with fresh blood and...
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Running Fence: Christo and Jeanne-Claude’s Masterpiece Revisited at the Smithsonian American Art Museum
May 14, 2025While one might be tempted to attribute the project's failure to grandiose ambition, the success of...
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Where’s the Love? Robert Indiana Sued by Former Business Partner
May 14, 2025With the possible exception of Milton Glaser's I love New York, no single piece of typography...
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A Match Made in Heaven: Jeff Koons’ BMW Art Car
May 13, 2025Jeff Koons: design sketch for the 17th BMW Art Car 2010 © Jeff Koons, Image Source:...
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The Sacred Made Real: Spanish Painting and Sculpture, 1600-1700
May 11, 2025Saint Serapion (1628) by Francisco de Zurbarán A new show at the National Gallery of Art...
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The Wonderful World of Maira Kalman
May 10, 2025Well, Susan, 2004-05 by Maira Kalman [Image source: How Blog] The intelligent curating at Philadelphia’s Institute...
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Museums: Attracting a Younger Crowd
May 10, 2025Brooklyn Museum iPhone Application Museum-goers today are very different than they were one hundred years ago. ...
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Iran’s Cultural Heritage Under Threat
May 8, 2025In addition to depriving Iranians of their cultural property, a decision to turn over the artifacts...