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The New Woman of the 1920s was an expression of modernity, a global phenomenon that embodied female empowerment based on real women making revolutionary changes in life and art.  At The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City, The … Continued

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In a poignant exhibition that features 35 acclaimed artists associated with the lucid and bustling culture and evolution of LA, the J. Paul Getty Museum showcases Photo Flux: Unshuttering LA. Largely centered around race and social justice advocacy, each of … Continued

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Gordon, 2016 Ken Gonzales-Day (American, born 1964) Chromogenic print Image: 243.8 × 151.8 × 2.5 cm (96 × 59 3/4 × 1 in.) Courtesy of the artist and Luis De Jesus Los Angeles © Ken Gonzales-Day
American Flag, 1977 Robert Mapplethorpe (American, 1946 - 1989) Gelatin silver print 35.3 × 35.3 cm (13 7/8 × 13 7/8 in.) Jointly acquired by the J. Paul Getty Trust and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, with funds provided by the J. Paul Getty

The J. Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles is presenting an exhibition titled In Focus: Protest, from June 29 through October 10, 2021. The exhibition features photographs taken during times of social struggle in the United States, drawing attention to … Continued

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The 102-story skyscraper celebrates its 90th anniversary this year, and the Keith de Lellis Gallery in NYC pays homage to the history of the iconic Empire State Building. The beloved landmark is the most photographed building in the world (Cornell … Continued

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Paul J. Woolf, Times Building Looking South, c. 1935
Photo by Frederick Sommer

Photography was originally a marvelous innovation in technology, but it also led to a number of changes in the realm of visual art, too. Painting and drawing lost its need to depict reality, and photography often took on the role … Continued

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Ralston Crawford is an artist best known for his Precisionist work in the 1930s and ‘40s, but there is much less knowledge of his work beyond those years. It is not every day that an artist is given a true … Continued

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Photograph by Ralston Crawford

The American landscape has long been mined by artists since the founding of the United States. Often times these interpretations have been monumental or sentimental, but by the late twentieth-century, the American landscape could be configured in a multitude of … Continued

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David Wojnarowicz began as one of many artists and poets in 1980s New York, but now he lives on as a legendary figure that represents art engaged with activism, politics, and marginalized communities and histories. The Whitney Museum’s spectacular (and … Continued

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