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  • PORTRAIT OF A POP MASTER

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    Artists are rarely as expressive on the page as they are on canvas. James Rosenquist is a fine exception. Avis Berman reviews his memoir ...  read more »


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  • RODIN'S SONNETS IN STONE

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    The stuff of school trips is not often the stuff of romantic weekends too. As part of our Authors on Museums series, Allison Pearson rediscovers the magic of the Musée Rodin ...  read more »


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  • WHO'S AFRAID OF EDWARD ALBEE?

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    Edward Albee has been a force for the stage for around half a century. But while his plays endure, the man himself is a bit dated, Laura Parker writes ...  read more »


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  • "TOSCA" AND THE SHOCK OF THE NEW

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    Luc Bondy's new production of "Tosca" at the Metropolitan Opera was met with boos on opening night. James C. Taylor has a few words for these traditionalists ...  read more »


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  • MASTERPIECES: WHO NEEDS 'EM?

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    Epics and extravaganzas are on the wane. Tom Shone is relieved ...  read more »


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  • PITTSBURGH'S ARTISTIC RENAISSANCE

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    Once a shell of its former industrial self, Pittsburgh has been busily making itself over. Now its cheap rents and artistic legacy are luring a new generation of creative pioneers, writes Yael Friedman ...  read more »


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  • FLOWER POWER

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    How a military production facility near Washington, DC became a sanctuary for art ...  read more »


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  • PORTLAND'S INKED CITIZENS

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    Suddenly everyone seems to have a tattoo in Portland, Oregon, writes Jessica Machado. Even the art museum is using skin art to lure in visitors ...  read more »


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  • HOW TO SAVE A HARDSCRABBLE MILL TOWN

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    Described as a “sorry gateway” in 1996, North Adams, Massachusetts, became a “hidden jewel” six years later. What happened? Nancy Barnes considers the phenomenon of MASS MoCA ...  read more »


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  • AN AMAZING MUSEUM YOU'VE NEVER VISITED

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    For the first in a summer series on hidden-gem museums, Art.view heads to France's National Museum of the Renaissance at the Chateau d’Ecouen ...  read more »


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