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8 English Art Terms You Should Know
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The words we use to talk about art can often seem opaque—and not just when they take the form of foreign languages like French and German. Yet this lexicon is an invaluable tool to have in your arsenal when thinking about and analyzing art. With roots in far-flung historical moments and art movements, the following eight English art terms will set you well on your way to discussing all kinds of art like a pro.
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A Museum Held a Show of Protest Art. Then the Artists Protested the Museum.
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Just after 11 a.m. on Thursday, a group of about 20 artists, many wearing black despite the searing sun, arrived at the Design Museum in London with an unusual aim: to remove their art from an exhibition.
Their works appeared in “Hope to Nope: Graphics and Politics 2008-18,” a show that traces the recent history of activist art and design, starting with Shepard Fairey’s “Hope” poster from Barack Obama’s first presidential election campaign, through to a “Make America Great Again” baseball cap.
Works by Picasso among objects rediscovered in Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art's collection
Preparation for 2019 exhibition and the building's renovation has led to the discovery of previously undocumented art works
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6 Sculptures That Rattled Critics and Shook up Public Art
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Everyone loves art, but not everyone has the time (or the cash) to visit art museums. For this reason, governments have a duty to their people to find the money—taxpayer money, if need be—to pay for free works of art. When these public artworks are at long last unveiled, everyone wins: the artists, for nabbing prestigious government contracts; the people, for gaining access to beautiful art; the governments, for sponsoring the kinds of noble aesthetic achievements that lie at the heart of civilization.
An annual Queen City showcase of Manchester employee art
By DOUG ALDEN
New Hampshire Union Leader
August 06. 2018 9:49PM
MANCHESTER — Some local artwork is on display at City Hall in an annual showcase of works done by city employees and their families.
The City Employee and Family Art Show opened Monday, featuring dozens of drawings, paintings and photographs hanging from the walls on the first floor of City Hall through late September.
Mayor Craig Announces Opening of ‘Art on the Wall at City Hall’
City employees and their families showcase their artistic talents in public art show, sponsored by the National Arts Program
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Today, Mayor Craig announced the official opening of the City of Manchester’s 13th Annual Employee & Family Art Show. “Art on the Wall at City Hall” showcases the artistic talents of City Employees, Manchester School District Employees, their immediate family members, elected officials, volunteers and retirees.
The World's First Intertidal Art Gallery Has Opened in the Maldives
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Underwater art installations are all the rage right now. Europe’s first and only underwater museum made waves when it opened off the coast of Lanzarote—a Spanish island—in January, and America’s first underwater museum followed suit, opening to divers in Florida in late June.
The Warhol Foundation puts $3.6 million toward art for social good
The arts organization is putting money toward projects that explore climate change and racial inequities.
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Art Dealer Discovers Six Alleged Willem de Kooning Paintings in New Jersey Storage Locker
Boxes labeled with artist’s name were found among the 200 abandoned works
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Willem de Kooning’s boundary-crossing oeuvre defies classification. Although the artist is commonly linked with abstract expressionists such as Jackson Pollock and Mark Rothko, his figurative paintings veer away from the abstract, reveling in the contours of the female body through an aggressive blend of gestural strokes. As de Kooning himself once proclaimed, “Flesh is the reason oil paint was invented.”
Why Art History Is Full of People Taking Baths
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The figure of the bather is one of the most common visual tropes in Western art history. From ancient Athens to 1920s Paris and beyond, painters and sculptors have presented bathing in a variety of ways with myriad different aims, whether instructional, titillating, or allegorical.
How Instagram Became the Art World’s Obsession
Over the past eight years, the platform has become an indispensable, all-purpose tool for everything art related
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Denver Art Museum will be only U.S. stop for biggest Monet exhibit in decades
“Claude Monet: The Truth of Nature” opens at the DAM on Oct. 20, 2019
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The Denver Art Museum will be the only U.S. museum to show the most comprehensive survey of Claude Monet paintings in two decades when it opens “Claude Monet: The Truth of Nature” next year, officials announced today.
How a Female-Led Art Restoration Movement in Florence Is Reshaping the Canon
The organization Advancing Women Artists is at the fore of finding forgotten female Masters like Plautilla Nelli.
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Sometimes, all it takes is for someone to ask the right question.
How a Female-Led Art Restoration Movement in Florence Is Reshaping the Canon
The organization Advancing Women Artists is at the fore of finding forgotten female Masters like Plautilla Nelli.
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Sometimes, all it takes is for someone to ask the right question.
World’s most Instagrammable art exhibition just opened in Tokyo
’Gram or it didn’t happen
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We’re living in the age of Instagram art, where exhibitions and experiences are tailor-made to produce like-able photos. From sparkling infinity rooms to buildings dedicated to ice cream, there’s truly no shortage of options to stage your cultural thirst trap.