‘Siena: The Rise of Painting, 1300-1350’ Review: Monumental yet Intimate at the Met
Picture yourself in a medieval Italian church, light streaming down from above. The gold glint of an altarpiece attracts your ...
New big art initiative Monumental Gestures launches with director Sarah Urist Green
With a name that matches the size of its plans, Monumental Gestures is setting out to catalyze the kind of art that can ...
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‘Queen Mariana of Austria’: Diego Velázquez’s Monumental Portrait of a Monarch
Diego Velázquez’s “Queen Mariana of Austria” (1652-53), a monumental portrait of the ... In Pasadena, the painting—and fascinating young queen—command center stage.
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Relive monumental public art installation ‘The Gates’ in Central Park, 20 years later
"The Gates," the public art installation that took over Central Park with saffron-colored fabric panels for 16 days in 2005, ...
In ‘Monumental Washington,’ huge art crowds a tiny space
A show at the American University Museum puts on grand work by D.C.-area artists, in an outdoor garden that ends up feeling a little cramped.
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Restoring Rubens’ iconic art a monumental task
When an iconic painting is in need of restoration, it is usually taken to a studio to be worked on in seclusion. In the case of a massive Peter Paul Rubens masterpiece in the artist’s Belgian hometown ...
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Dallas Museum of Art acquires Cecily Brown painting ‘The Splendid Table’
The appetizing deer and geese carcasses of Cecily Brown's "The Splendid Table" (2019-2020) reinforce the emphasis on the animal side of human nature.(Genevieve Hanson / The Hartland & Mackie ...