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Painting

I and the Village by Marc Chagall

Chagall on Dorm Room Walls

The Somerset House Conference, by an unknown artist

Pride of the Realm

An extraordinary collection of pictures has traveled from the United Kingdom’s national portrait gallery to ours

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The Artist’s Lifestyle

From Vienna to Vegas

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Painted Birds

Industrial Arts

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The Limits of Imagination

Francis Bacon’s Studio, photograph, c. 1975

Bringing Home the Bacon

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Still Life in Motion

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Invented Worlds

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Snubbing the Icons

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That Seahorse-Shaped Space in Our Brain

Colored Sand and Gunpowder

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Vanished Drawings

Rossetti identified the subject of his Lady Lilith painting as Adam's first wife—"the witch he loved before the gift of Eve." The work (1866-68) was altered in 1872-73 to please patron Frederick Leyland. The original model was Rossetti's lover Fanny Cornforth.

Incurably Romantic

For much of the 20th century, Britain’s Pre-Raphaelite were dismissed as overly sentimental. A new exhibition shows why they’re back in favor

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Edvard Munch: Beyond The Scream

Though the Norwegian artist is known for a single image, he was one of the most prolific, innovative and influential figures in modern art

The nomads who traversed Utah's rough terrain scratched, pecked and painted thousands of images onto cliff walls, creating rock art known today as the Barrier Canyon style. The earliest painting at Black Dragon Canyon (above) is thought to be more than 8,000 years old.

Traces of a Lost People

Who roamed the Colorado Plateau thousands of years ago? And what do their stunning paintings signify?

Chagall's Midsummer Night's Dream.

The Elusive Marc Chagall

With his wild and whimsical imagery, the Russian-born artist bucked the trends of 20th-century art

Frida Kahlo

Frida Kahlo

The Mexican artist’s myriad faces, stranger-than-fiction biography and powerful paintings come to vivid life in a new film

Edgar Degas rarely painted a pure still life, but he often included still lifes in the backgrounds or corners of his compositions. In The Millinery Shop (1882-86), the hats—their shapes, textures and colors—take center stage; the figure is merely an accessory.

Still Delightful

A sumptuous show documents how the Impressionists breathed new life into the staid tradition of still life painting

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