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Home to the world’s largest public collection of his artworks, a new pavilion at Quebec’s Musée National des Beaux-Arts showcases the more than 50-year career of Riopelle, who was a key member of the avant-garde Automatistes movement.
|At the Talbotton BluesFEST, musicians are carrying traditions forward through the people who first made room for them.
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The Smithsonian’s National Museum of African Art presents collection pieces that are designed to do work for artists and their communities.
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The Nikon Small World Competition has announced its photography winners for its 52nd annual contest. This comes weeks after its video winner was dethroned for use of generative A.I.
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Sometimes the smallest details tell the biggest stories. Curator Debra Diamond reveals how shimmering beetle wings were used like emeralds, and explores symbolic details hidden in plain sight.
This colorful tapestry designed by artist Papa Ibra Tall is being unrolled behind the scenes at our National Museum of African Art as it’s prepared to go out for a loan show.
Design is everywhere. From handmade nails reimagined as a necklace to a chandelier made of broken porcelain plates, curator Emily Orr points out some of the extraordinary objects at Cooper Hewitt.
You may not realize it, but you’re actually looking at beetle wings. From shimmering wings used like emeralds to a yellow pigment made with help from mango-fed cows, this 17th-century Indian painting is full of surprises.