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  Shanny Basar

  

  23 hours ago

  Seeing Red: Matisse’s The Red Studio At The Museum Of Modern Art

  Forbes - Tom Teicholz

  On a recent trip to New York and its summer environs, I was struck by what was in some ways a small exhibition centered on just one painting, quite well known, that is more than 110 years old and that has been part of a museum collection for more than 75 years: Matisse, The Red Studio which is on …

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  Shanny Basar

  

  1 day ago

  A Frank Lloyd Wright–designed house is for sale in an unlikely location

  houseandgarden.co.uk - Katherine McLaughlin

  It’s not everyday that a Frank Lloyd Wright house hits the market. Though the famed American architect designed hundreds of residential properties in …

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  Shanny Basar

  

  May 31

  ‘Knight, Death, and the Devil’ elevated this artist to a Renaissance master

  National Geographic

  A Christian knight confronts life's temptations in Albrecht Dürer's 1513 engraving, considered by many to be the pinnacle of printmaking. Master of oil and watercolor painting as well as ink drawing, German artist Albrecht Dürer made his greatest impact in yet another medium: printmaking, which he …

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  Shanny Basar

  

  3 days ago

  What's inside Leonardo da Vinci's notebooks?

  nationalgeographic.co.uk - By Bulent Atalay, Keith Wamsley

  Packed with intricate sketches and detailed notes, Leonardo's personal diaries reveal his countless passions—from the structures of human anatomy to …

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  Shanny Basar

  

  4 days ago

  Lubaina Himid Receives $200,000 for One of the Art World’s Biggest, Most ‘Transformative’ Prizes

  artnews.com - Alex Greenberger

  Lubaina Himid, an artist whose work has seen a surge in critical attention following her historic win of the Turner Prize in 2017, is the recipient …

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  Shanny Basar

  

  4 days ago

  Why turning old city bridges into new urban parks is such a great idea

  The Conversation UK - Nick Dunn

  The recent opening of the Castlefield Viaduct Sky Park in Manchester, UK, has brought fresh attention to the growing number of projects that reuse …