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Jennifer Higdon’s $130-million heist opera finally premieres after its Philly debut fell through. Twice.
Jennifer Higdon’s $130-million heist opera finally premieres after its Philly debut fell through. Twice. 'Woman With Eyes ...
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See the Flower Paintings of Rachel Ruysch, Whose Stunning Still Lifes Are Finally Getting the Attention They Deserve
The Dutch "old mistress" was renowned in her own lifetime. But since her death 275 years ago, her legacy has been largely ...
The achingly human art of Michelle Obama’s portraitist
Amy Sherald’s portraits are an unsettling fusion of the intimate and the unknown — allegories and archetypes with impossibly ...
In Philadelphia, Art Shows by Women Teem With Eros and Audacity
Devotees of the human figure, Cecily Brown and Christina Ramberg turn the Benjamin Franklin Parkway into a showplace for the ...
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Huge art heist provides inspiration for Pittsburgh Opera world premiere in Strip District venue
Composer Jennifer Higdon discusses "Woman With Eyes Closed," her opera about an art heist making its world premiere at ...
He Built the Frick Collection With Passion, Patience and Bargaining
Henry Clay Frick, aggressive in art collecting as well as business, acquired many of the masterpieces of the museum, whose ...
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Easton woman buys possible Renoir masterpiece for $12 at auction
Pierre-Auguste Renoir, that is, the 19th and early 20th century French impressionist master who has a body of work spanning 6,000 paintings ... saw this beautiful woman, you know, and I just ...
The Expressive—and Intently Feminine—Abstractions of Heidi Hahn
One of Hahn’s favorite novels is The Day of the Locust by Nathaniel West, which she says perfectly captures the underbelly of ...
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Canada’s First Black Woman Artist Is Celebrated in a Landmark Museum Show
Some 70 years after her death, however, she is finally being recognized for her achievements as possibly Canada’s first Black ...
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Rare Cezanne Portrait of his Wife to Lead Sale of Works from Swiss Collectors Rolf and Margit Weinberg at Sotheby’s New York
Sotheby’s Modern sales in New York will offer a landmark group of works from the esteemed collection of Rolf and Margit Weinberg.
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Ohio League of Women Voters wants pioneering female justice’s portrait brought up from the basement
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The Ohio League of Women Voters urged the state’s high court on Friday to relocate a portrait of the state’s first female chief justice from a new exhibit to be located ...