The Embarkation for Cythera, 1717, Louvre. Many commentators note that it depicts a departure from the island of Cythera, the birthplace of Venus, thus symbolizing the brevity of love.

Appetite for Destruction

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Road to Perfection

Curating Chinatown

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Restoration as Vandalism

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Made in America

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Staying Power

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Married, With Camera

Portraitist Emmet Gowin’s most enduring subject is his wife

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From the Castle

Co-Evolution

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Miami Splash

Art Basel Miami Beach is a giant fair that’s fueling the city’s explosive arts scene

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Jenny Holzer

The artist Jenny Holzer created For SAAM, a column of light and text, for the Smithsonian American Art Museum (SAAM)

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What’s Up

Asian stoneware, colorful acrylics and the Kennedys

Art Cologne

2008 International Art Fairs

A listing of some of next year’s premier art shows

Conspicuous Consumption

The spider sculpture Maman by Louise Bourgeois

Anything but Bourgeois

Cave of Pettakere, Bantimurung district (kecamatan), South Sulawesi, Indonesia. Hand stencils estimated between 35,000–40,000 BP

Drawing for Survival

High Art Xerox

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