Art
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Food
Faith Ringgold Perfectly Captured the Pitch of America’s Madness
Ringgold’s landmark career was long ignored by the art establishment. But she kept going, mixing the personal and political, and…
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Magazine
A Beloved Copenhagen Cafe Gets Serious About Dinner
The chef Frederik Bille Brahe has transformed the Apollo Bar & Kantine into his version of a fine dining restaurant,…
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Food
Norman Lear’s Art Goes to Auction
The television producer’s prime pieces will be featured in a special evening sale at Christie’s in May.
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Politics
Faith Ringgold Dies at 93; Wove Black Life Into Quilts and Children’s Books
A champion of Black artists, she explored themes of race, gender, class, family and community through a vast array of…
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Food
A Steadying Force for the Africa Center Is Stepping Down
Uzodinma Iweala, chief executive of the Harlem institution, will leave at the end of 2024 after guiding it through pandemic…
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World
With Brute Force and Steel, This Artist Creates Works of Ephemeral Beauty
Art of Craft is a series about craftspeople whose work rises to the level of art. On a summer day…
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Food
Can Adriano Pedrosa Save the Venice Biennale? No Pressure.
Only workaholics and delusional optimists should organize a Venice Biennale, as the Brazilian curator Adriano Pedrosa discovered during the countless…
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Magazine
Two Art Deco Icons Poised for a Renaissance
Tamara de Lempicka, a painter favored by celebrities and designers, is being revisited. Plus, a historical Miami building reopens as…
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World
A Reverse Art Heist? Museum Finds Employee’s Painting on Its Wall
The Pinakothek der Moderne in Munich said it had fired a worker for hanging one of his own pieces in…
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Food
Downtown Los Angeles Places Another Big Bet on the Arts
The pandemic was tough on city centers and cultural institutions. What does that mean for Los Angeles, whose downtown depends…
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