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Market Uncertainty Didn’t Dampen Sales at This Year’s Armory Show

Market Uncertainty Didn’t Dampen Sales at This Year’s Armory Show

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For much of the day on Thursday, September 5, a wave of pleasant anticipatory energy resembling the first day of school rippled throughout New York City’s largest art fair, the Armory Show. Well-heeled collectors, art advisors, and other tastefully bejeweled VIPs returning from their summer sojourns streamed into the Javits Center looking for something to …

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When the US Left Afghanistan, This Filmmaker Entered

When the US Left Afghanistan, This Filmmaker Entered

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In August 2021, the United States ended its disastrous 20-year occupation of Afghanistan with a suitably slapdash withdrawal. The Taliban, which had been expelled from power in 2001, retook control. Billions of dollars’ worth of military equipment and vehicles were left behind, much of it disabled but restorable, given enough time. Not long after the …

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Oh My Goya! New Research Hub for the Artist to Launch in NYC

Oh My Goya! New Research Hub for the Artist to Launch in NYC

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The Hispanic Society Museum and Library in Manhattan’s Washington Heights announced plans to launch a new global hub for the research and preservation of works by Spanish Romantic artist Francisco José de Goya y los Lucientes this coming September. The forthcoming Goya Research Center will be comprised of both virtual and onsite components, offering scholars …

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Abigail Dudley’s Paintings of the Observed and Imagined

Abigail Dudley’s Paintings of the Observed and Imagined

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Abigail Dudley, “Emmanuel” (2023–24), oil on linen, 32 x 36 inches (all images courtesy Steven Harvey Fine Art Projects) Abigail Dudley is an observational painter who can translate her subject matter into a synthesis of the seen and the imagined without faltering. This combination, along with her artistic chops, sets her apart from other observational …

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Hundreds Call on Brooklyn Museum to “Divest From Genocide”

Hundreds Call on Brooklyn Museum to “Divest From Genocide”

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At least 20 demonstrators were arrested this afternoon, May 31, during a massive protest against Israel’s war on Gaza at the Brooklyn Museum. Over 500 activists overtook the New York museum, staging a protest in its lobby, waving Palestine flags above its glass pavilion, and unfurling a large banner from its rooftop that read “Free …

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The New York Antiquarian Book Fair Returns With Its Eclectic Clamor

The New York Antiquarian Book Fair Returns With Its Eclectic Clamor

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The New York Antiquarian Book Fair is back at the Park Avenue Armory for its 64th edition, bringing with it hundreds of dealers from around the world boasting rare books, maps, illuminated manuscripts, and objects wonderful and strange. Open through Sunday, April 7, the show is a bibliophile’s paradise — and by far the most …

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MoMA Accused of Denying Entry to Visitors With a Keffiyeh

MoMA Accused of Denying Entry to Visitors With a Keffiyeh

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Park and Phuong posed for a selfie outside the museum after allegedly being turned away by security on account of Park’s keffiyeh. (all photos by and courtesy Ju-Hyun Park) Park and Phuong posed for a selfie outside the museum after allegedly being turned away by security on account of Park’s keffiyeh. (all photos by and …

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