What Is Orphism, History's Most Enigmatic Art Movement?

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London! Paris! Rome? The Round Up Goes International

It has been a whirlwind few weeks for the art industry in Europe. First, Frieze London and Frieze Masters alighted in Regent’s Park, and a bevy of satellite fairs opened all over the British capital. There were big-league openings, auctions, and a great deal more. Then the art cr ...  Show more

The Urgent Lessons of the ’90s Culture Wars

It is not a happy time to be an arts advocate in the United States. The last year has seen the real threat of eliminating the National Endowment for the Arts, and the spectacle of the head of Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History hauled in front of Congress to be publ ...  Show more

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