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How Edward Hopper Saw the Combust

Change fill who don’t eff the call Edward Hopper (1882-1967) strength be very beaten with his images, such as House by the Railroad, Tower at Two Lights or Nighthawks, either in the originals, via reproductions or from the myriad movies … Continue reading

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Indian/Not Indian

“People don’t truly equivalent Indians,” professed Fritz Scholder (1937-2005), whose taboo-breaking, colorist images of male Autochthonous Americans now display as Indian/Not Asian at the Domestic Museum of the American Asiatic (NMAI) console make conflict. “Oh, they equal their own conceptions … Continue reading

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From a Dutch Painter, Works With Much to Say

As the Hudson Valley has celebrated the 400th anniversary of its discovery by Henry Hudson in a Dutch expedition, art exhibitions focusing on contemporary Dutch culture have been especially rich. “Fendry Ekel — The Witness,” a show of a dozen … Continue reading

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Questions Over Fixing Torn Picasso

Since 1952 “The Actor,” a rare Rose Period Picasso, has hung prominently at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, along with other examples of early paintings by this Spanish master. But on Monday it could be found in a new, temporary … Continue reading

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Coffin’s Emblem Defies Certainty

When the remains of hundreds of colonial-era Africans were uncovered during a building excavation in Lower Manhattan in 1991, one coffin in particular stood out. Nailed into its wooden lid were iron tacks, 51 of which formed an enigmatic, heart-shaped … Continue reading

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