Modern art

Does Size Matter?

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At some point in the middle of the last century, almost all the important painters were working big. Canvasses grew too big for even some of the rich patrons’ walls. Matt Holzman of KCRW tried to find out why, and how, modern painters went monumental.

Commentary: The “Fountain” of Youth

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The exterior of the new Broad Museum in Los Angeles.

LA’s newest museum is a palace for modern art

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VanGogh

Why are van Gogh’s paintings slowly turning white?

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Amy Li uses the front space of her father's 30-year-old button shop in Manhattan's Chinatown as a place to showcase local artwork. The shared space has helped both Amy and her father- button customers are intrigued by the artwork, and Amy helps her father

This Chinatown button shop doubles as a modern art gallery

U.S. soldiers examine the painting, "Wintergarden," by French Impressionist painter Edouard Manet, stolen by the Nazi regime and hidden in a salt mine in Merkers, Germany April 15, 1945.

German police find masterpieces by Picasso and others thought lost in World War II

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News broke over the weekend in Germany that 1500 masterpieces by Matisse and Picasso and others were found in an apartment in Munich.

Want a chance to own a Picasso? And help preserve history?

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Here’s a case where helping Lebanon may be your ticket to a world-class art collection.

LEGO Model UN Headquarters

Building peace and security one LEGO brick at a time

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It’s a good day for the UN, with its chemical weapons inspectors getting honored with a Nobel Peace Prize. The UN has been recognized in other ways over the years. A LEGO model of UN Headquarters was recently unveiled. Secretary General Ban Ki Moon even snapped in the final piece on a large scale version. We got the small kit here in the office — all 597 pieces. And we set out to build it.

Once-believed fake, painting now declared real-deal Van Gogh

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The major news out of the art world this week was of a new Van Gogh painting being discovered. Only, it wasn’t exactly lost, it’s just that it had previously been treated as a fake. But a two-year research project has changed that opinion and ruled it legitimate.

Sarah Sze set to represent U.S. at art’s Venice Biennale

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Sarah Sze makes ambitious sculptures, but practically always out of run-of-the-mill objects. Her sculpting will be on full display this year when she represents the United States at the art world’s Venice Biennale.