After the authenticity of paintings in the museum’s Jean-Michel Basquiat exhibition was questioned, all 25 works were seized by the F.B.I.
Tag: Art
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Documenta Was a Whole Vibe. Then a Scandal Killed the Buzz.
Accusations that an image was antisemitic broke the mood at a daring festival of experiments. This year’s Documenta deserves a closer look, our critic says.
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The Lessons of Nothingness From Maverick Zen Monks
Art today is often a parade of the self. The Freer Gallery of Art presents objects by medieval artists who plunge you into the world by removing you from it.
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How Paintings Lost in a Small-Town Art Heist Were Recovered 50 Years Later
Two sleuths — a curator and a librarian — in New Paltz, N.Y., helped the F.B.I. track down 200-year-old paintings that were stolen from a historical society in 1972.
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Andreas Anastasis is the man behind Anna Wintour’s famous hairstyle.
Being Anna Wintour’s hairstylist may sound glamorous, but it’s his art practice that gets Andreas Anastasis talking.