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Fernando Botero, Whose Robust, Sensual Style Belied a Sly Political Wit, Has Died
Fernando Botero, a world-renowned Colombian artist known for his bulbous figures and sensuous subject matter, died today in a Monaco hospital. He was 91. The cause of death was complications from pneumonia, his daughter, Lina Botero, told the Bogotá-based radio station Caraco. The news was later confirmed on social media by Colombian president Gustavo Petro, […]
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Artist Dee Clements Takes Us Up to Maine to Weave Baskets and Party With Gallerists
Welcome to Wet Paint in the Wild, the freewheeling—and free!—spinoff of Midnight Publishing Group News Pro’s beloved Wet Paint gossip column, where we give art-world insiders a disposable camera to chronicle their lives on the circuit. To read the latest Wet Paint column, click here (members only). I don’t want summer to end, do you? […]
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Claude Picasso, the Spanish Artist’s Youngest Son and Administrator of His Estate, Has Died at Age 76
Claude Picasso, son of Pablo Picasso and the longtime administrator of the late Spanish artist’s estate, has died at the age of 76. Born in 1947, Claude was a photojournalist and once worked as an assistant to photographer Richard Avedon. But his greatest legacy was managing that of his father’s, when he was appointed by […]
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Watch Aliza Nisenbaum Explain How Painting Can Become a Tool of Community Building
Walking into a museum, many visitors expect to be transported by the artwork lining the walls, seeing illustrations of far-away lands, likenesses of mythological beings, and portraits of important historical figures from other time periods. There are few artists who are capable of depicting everyday people and places that manage to be as transporting for […]
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Watch Hank Willis Thomas Pull From Sports, Civil Rights History, and Roland Barthes in His Works
Growing up, artist Hank Willis Thomas recalls, adults would always scold him for “asking too many questions.” They’d also admonish him, saying, “You’re not supposed to stare at people.” Now, of course, both asking questions and studying others are fundamental to Thomas’s work as an internationally renowned artist whose work spans photography, installation, sculpture, and […]