The Art World at Home: Curator Nellie Scott Is Fighting to Save the Studio of Pop Art Nun Corita Kent and Registering New Voters

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The Art World at Home: Curator Nellie Scott Is Fighting to Save the Studio of Pop Art Nun Corita Kent and Registering New Voters

We caught up with the director of the Corita Art Center in Los Angeles.

By Sarah Cascone, Nov 19, 2020

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Who Is Fanny Eaton? The Jamaican Model Who Inspired the Pre-Raphaelites Is the Latest Art-World Figure to Get a Google Doodle

Born in Jamaica to a mother who had been freed from slavery, Fanny Eaton became a popular model at London's Royal Academy.

By Sarah Cascone, Nov 18, 2020

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Studio Visit: Artist Sophia Narrett on How an Anonymous Renaissance Painting Cycle Inspired Her Latest Feminist Embroidery

The artist is currently the subject of a solo show at Kohn Gallery in Los Angeles.

By Sarah Cascone, Nov 18, 2020

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The New Director of Rome’s Famed Galleria Borghese Plans to Take the Museum in a ‘More Contemporary Direction.’ Here’s How

Francesca Cappelletti says it's essential that the museum draws in younger audiences.

By Kate Brown, Nov 16, 2020

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‘Enjoy It When You Have It, But Don’t Have Too Much’: Artist Wayne Thiebaud on How to Savor Cake While Staying Healthy at 100 Years Old

The celebrated American painter's birthday is being marked in his hometown of Sacramento with a delightful retrospective.

By Sarah Cascone, Nov 13, 2020

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‘We Barely Won’: 12 Artists and Collectives on the Challenges Culture Will Face After Donald Trump’s Presidency

Although there is a general mood of optimism, some artists are holding onto their skepticism.

By Artnet News, Nov 11, 2020

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Studio Visit: Painter Jo Baer on the Exercise Gear (and Chili) That Are Her Secret to Making Large-Scale Artworks at the Age of 91

Hint: it involves dumbbells.

By Artnet News, Nov 10, 2020

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What I Buy and Why: Manufacturing Tycoon Heiner Wemhöner on the Emotional Value of Collecting and Why He’s Unafraid of Impractical Art

Wemhöner's 1,300-work collection has more recently pivoted to Chinese contemporary art.

By Kate Brown, Nov 8, 2020

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The Founding Curator of the Nelson-Atkins Photography Department Has Resigned in Protest of Layoffs at the Museum

Keith Davis founded the museum's photography department in 2005.

By Sarah Cascone, Nov 6, 2020

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‘I Re-Evaluate Nearly Everything in My Life’: In a Topsy-Turvy Year, Artist Austyn Weiner Is Focused on Finding Her Painterly Rhythm

Get to know a member of the next generation of emerging artists.

By Maria Vogel, Nov 5, 2020

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What I Buy and Why: The Cultivist’s Laura de Gunzburg on Art, Style, and the Most Impractical Work in Her Collection

We spoke to de Gunzburg about what's on her walls.

By Artnet News, Nov 4, 2020

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This 21-Year-Old Photographer Just Shot Beyoncé and Became British Vogue’s Youngest Cover Artist Ever

Kennedi Carter is a student at the University of North Carolina earning a degree in African American studies.

By Brian Boucher, Nov 4, 2020

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Patricia Marroquin Norby Is the Met’s First Curator of Native American Art. Here’s How She Navigates the Field’s Thorniest Issues

The curator is in charge of the museum's new Indigenous art program.

By Sarah Cascone, Nov 3, 2020

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‘At Three in the Morning, I Do the Math’: William Kentridge on Obsessing Over COVID Data and the Benefits of Lockdown

The artist recently debuted "City Deep," the 11th animated film in his "Drawings for Projection" series, at Goodman Gallery in Johannesburg.

By Katie White, Nov 3, 2020

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What I Buy and Why: Actress and Model Nichole Galicia on the Stroke of Luck That Got Her Hooked on Collecting Art—as a Teenager

The actress and model shares how she first caught the collecting bug, and what's got her attention now.

By Artnet News, Nov 3, 2020