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The legacy of the Baghdad Modern Art Group is explored in first major US show

The Art Newspaper

All Manner of Experiments: Legacies of the Baghdad Modern Art Group, organised by the specialists Nada Shabout and Tiffany Floyd together with the museum’s chief curator, Lauren Cornell, unites 64 works of painting, sculpture and drawings by 30 artists including Dia al-Azzawi and Mohammed Ghani Hikmat.

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Why artificial intelligence artists can be seen as ‘builders’, ‘breakers’—or both at once

The Art Newspaper

I draw with decades of my own movement data or create proprioceptive mappings triggered by alpha [brain] waves. They don’t reject technology wholesale Michelle Kuo, chief curator at large, Museum of Modern Art It means active engagement with AI—even to break it.

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Artistic Mediums of 2025: Where Touch and Technique Meet

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Following a wave of intangible triumphs in the early 2020s, including the debut of NFT art acquisitions, trends have more recently shifted toward the tactile. Both collectors and curators are sharpening their eye for the material and physical aspects of both emerging and established talents. February 2025).

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A century of Robert Rauschenberg: Blurring Boundaries, Redefining Art

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When you think of artists who changed the course of 20th-century art, Robert Rauschenberg stands out not just for his revolutionary ideas, but for his fearless exploration of materials, media, and meaning. “Painting relates to both art and life. Image courtesy of Steven Zucker, Smarthistory co-founder via Flickr.

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The Art of Henri Matisse’s Paper Cut-Out Sculptures

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History and Journey of Henri Matisse Matisse, along with Pablo Picasso and Marcel Duchamp, is credited with being one of the three artists who helped define the revolutionary developments in the plastic arts during the earlier decades of the twentieth century. The first recorded use of the paper cut out technique by Henri Matisse was in 1919.

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“People Are Rewarded by Close Looking” – Kathan Brown of Crown Point Press on the Enduring Excitement of Printmaking

Art Dealers Association of America

Crown Point’s location around the corner from the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art is one reason why visitors to the gallery come from around the world, but the reputations of its artists and the importance of the books it publishes are a stronger factor. He thought of etching as “a way of drawing.”

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“Focus on What’s Essential to You” - Franklin Parrasch on Making Your Own Way in the Art World

Art Dealers Association of America

What inspired you to pursue a career in visual art? I was five years old, in kindergarten in New Jersey, and my friend’s mother, who was an artist, took us to the Museum of Modern Art one day. I showed the models and drawings of the architect James Wines. We walked into the atrium, which was quiet and completely empty.