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Artist who painted famous Churchill portrait commemorated with blue plaque
The wartime leader hated his depiction when the portrait was unveiled, and it was secretly burnt on the orders of his wife, ...
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How One Author Fell in Love With the Louvre—And Discovered Its Secrets
When the former New York Times Paris bureau chief first set out to write a book about the most famous and largest museum in ...
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Edvard Munch Is Known as the Painter of ‘The Scream.’ His Many Haunting Portraits Show That He Was Much More Than His Masterpiece
Through 45 artworks made between the 1880s and the 1920s, a new exhibition spotlights the Norwegian artist's sometimes ...
Jenny Han, Madeleine L'Engle, Kristen Arnett And 14 More Authors Who Were Librarians First
From children's books, to nonfiction, to mysteries and LGBTQ+ lit, discover the authors — who were librarians, or still are — behind popular and acclaimed books.
Painter Amy Sherald asks: What is American?
Amy Sherald, who painted former First Lady Michelle Obama's portrait in 2018, has a major survey of her work opening this ...
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This Exhibition Spotlights the Black Artists Who Called France Home in the 20th Century
A blockbuster show at the Centre Pompidou in Paris spotlights 300-plus works by 150 artists of African heritage ...