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The National Museum of Asian Art is the first U.S. museum to survey the vivid silkscreens from the 91-year-old Japanese artist
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A history of caricatures exposes the inside jokes
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Richard Field was an undergrad with gumption when he visited the painter at his Long Island home. Nearly 60 years later, Field recalls the memorable affair
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A talented painter who died poor and forgotten may have inspired the influential American artist's work in ceramics
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By sketching the movements of people at the Cleveland Art Museum, Andrew Oriani laid the groundwork for some deep insights into how art is appreciated
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A stunning statue at the Cleveland Museum raises concerns about the acquisition of antiquities
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In which the author argues that an unidentified work at a Nebraska gallery was painted by the American regionalist master
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Though snubbed by scholars, the American realist painter produced surprisingly symbolic works, as a striking new exhibition makes clear
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New fossils give a body size boost to what may have been North America's largest dinosaur, Alamosaurus
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Women's clothing was a problem, and to efficiently ride a bike there was only one thing to do: Take it off
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Francois Abelanet's extraordinary turf "sculpture" on a Paris plaza epitomizes a grand tradition of artful illusion
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Perhaps the nation's best collection of Benton prints was assembled by an idiosyncratic Texan named Creekmore Fath
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The genre of bat sculpture might not get much attention, but among the finest examples is a bronze by the great French actress Sarah Bernhardt
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Blanket-like "sarapes" from northern Mexico are among the world's most intriguing textiles, as shown by a recent gallery exhibition
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The Metropolitan's recent Frans Hals exhibition and other works by the Old Master showcase his surprisingly modern psychological insight
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A new Smithsonian.com blog sheds light on what's happening in the world of art, artists, art museums and art history
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