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Kobayashi Kiyochika; View of Takanawa Ushimachi under a Shrouded Moon (detail); Japan, 1879; ink and color on paper;
Twilight in Tokyo: Our Largest Loan Show Goes to Japan
120 woodblock prints and photographs from our collections will travel to the Mitsubishi Ichigokan Museum in Tokyo.
National Museum of Asian Art
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Mary Magdalene in Ecstasy, painted by Artemisia Gentileschi circa 1625, will be on view at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C. beginning in late February.
The National Gallery of Art Acquires 17th-Century Masterpiece by Baroque Painter Artemisia Gentileschi
“Mary Magdalene in Ecstasy” is the gallery’s first work by the Italian artist, who was one of the most influential female painters of her time
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Portrait of a Canon Regular
Historians Thought This Rare Renaissance Portrait by One of the First Famous Female Artists Was Lost to History—Until It Surfaced in North Carolina
Sofonisba Anguissola’s 16th-century painting of a clergyman was known only through a black-and-white photo. However, the original had been hiding in a private collection in North Carolina since 1977
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A small underwater lens made a coral in Indonesia look like another common lifeform.
See the Beauty of Corals, Beehives, Mushrooms and More in These 11 Images From the Close-Up Photographer of the Year Awards
Now in its seventh year, the competition honors macro, micro and close-up images snapped around the world
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The Painter’s Father
Is This Copy of a Long-Lost Northern Renaissance Portrait Actually an Original Albrecht Dürer?
Experts have long assumed that a painting at London’s National Gallery is one of many replicas of an original Dürer portrait. Now, a new book claims that this cracked copy is the real deal
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a close-up look at a young polar bear's face and front paws
See 24 Astounding Images From the Wildlife Photographer of the Year Contest—and Vote for Your Favorite
The public will choose the winner of the People’s Choice award in a vote that runs from February 4 to March 18
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Horizontally oriented black-and-white photograph of an interior with white walls punctuated by three abstract geometric paintings made up of squares and rectangles of various sizes and colors. A figure wearing a set of necklaces, a short-sleeved, light-colored blouse, a dark, shin-length skirt, and dark shoes stands in three-quarters view, her face turned toward the two paintings hanging to her left.
Blog | New Collections: Charmion von Wiegand
Gilbert and Anne Kinney New York Collector Jacob Proctor spotlights the Charmion von Wiegand Papers.
Archives of American Art
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A side-by-side view of Turner's Marford Mill (left) and the real-life inspiration behind it (right)
You Can Buy This 438-Year-Old Mill in Wales That Inspired a Stunning J.M.W. Turner Painting
Rossett Mill was the subject of a landscape by the Romantic painter around 1795. Now, the property is listed at a little over $2 million
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