Pressing issues: the vital role of printmaking in the history of art – The Art Newspaper
[ad_1] The UK author and journalist Holly Black set clear boundaries for her new publication, The Story of Printmaking: A Global History of Art, which...
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Learn Fire Island’s century-long influence on the art world
[ad_1] Fire Island’s status as a vacation (and haven) for queer people is well documented. But lesser known, perhaps, is the small barrier island’s outsized...
Art Used to Be an Olympic Sport
[ad_1] Not being the sporty type may hamstring your Olympic dreams today, but they needn’t have crushed them before 1948. For 38 years beginning in 1912, gold,...
What’s the Difference Between Modern and Contemporary Art?
[ad_1] Artistic styles exist only in retrospect. While many of their defining characteristics are formulated in manifestos by pioneering artists, a style can’t...
Fiction About the Art World Is Trending. Here Are 8 New Novels to Read This Summer
[ad_1] The art world can be stranger than fiction, and remains fertile ground for writers to mine. Our writers and editors have picked out exciting new fiction...
How Artists Use Dolls and Stuffed Animals to Toy With Our Emotions
[ad_1] Toys are loaded with emotion. These playthings reveal something about society; Barbie, for example, may pass on an unrealistic bodily ideal to a young...
How Art Deco Shaped 100 Years of Forward-Thinking Design
[ad_1] One hundred years ago, a sprawling international exhibition was staged in Paris. It was intended to dazzle visitors with all that was new in...
Your Guide To The Stories Behind Iconic Artworks
[ad_1] Great Art Explained by James Payne Thames & Hudson “The best introduction to the lifelong pleasure and rewards of looking at pictures since...
Florida art-history professor suspended over social media posts about right-wing activist Charlie Kirk – The Art Newspaper
[ad_1] Following the 10 September shooting and death of Charlie Kirk, the founder of Turning Point USA and a powerful figure in far-right politics, political...
So where can art history take you?
[ad_1] Sarah Maguire, Havelock North High School alumna and CEO of Museums Aotearoa, tracks down her former art history classmates to see how the...
