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Édouard Manet and the birth of modern art

Édouard Manet challenged traditional painting and helped inspire the Impressionist movement. Discover how his bold depictions of modern Paris reshaped art and influenced a generation of artists.
Michael Mazur, "Growth," 1996–97 (Gift of Barbara and Steven Grossman in honor of Barbara Stern Shapiro. Courtesy estate of Michael Mazur/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. Photograph courtesy ...
In the 1970s the revolutionary art critic, artist and writer John Berger wrote a novel called “G”. It was nominated for the ...
Ryan McGoverne's exhibition of oil paintings depict figures immersed in natural bodies of water.
In this intimate and unexpectedly cheering book, the artist opens up about life, cancer and her new love of painting ...
Nearby cities in the Netherlands and Belgium will display van Gogh masterpieces, an exhibition on birds, an exploration of ...
See the stunningly restored rooms of a former Gilded Age mansion, now home to one of NYC's most illustrious art museums!
Long overlooked, the painter was an American genius, turning color into its own form of storytelling. In a new show at the Whitney, the painter’s strengths emerge not from empathy but from a strange, ...
In my previous article, I talked about the Dental Office Bandits in Oregon and how their creative plan actually worked and they were never caught. I also brought up that at about the same time as this ...
Artist Hiba Schahbaz is the subject of her first major retrospective, "The Garden," at the Museum of Contemporary Art, North Miami ...
A number of key players in the business sector grabbed top honours at the GhanaWeb Excellence Awards, which was held at the ...
The fifth edition of the GhanaWeb Excellence Awards was held at the La Palm Royal Beach Hotel in Accra on Friday, March 6, ...