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Impressionism

Kim Keever, Abstract 10166, 2014;

Kim Keever: Fluid Dynamics

Photographer Kim Keever exploits the properties of paint and water in his enigmatic creations.

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Tokuda Yasokichi IV, Suicho, 2013

Floating Earth

Contemporary Japanese ceramicists are transforming an ancient art while staying plugged into tradition.

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John Mix Stanley, Group of Piegan Indians, 1867

The Vanishing Indian Painter

John Mix Stanley’s status as a major depicter of Native American and Western American life was imperiled by a catastrophic loss of his work, but enough remains to reveal his true importance.

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Neptune and Cupid Plead with Vulcan for the Release of Venus and Mars, circa 1625–36

Fabric of Society

Under the reign of Louis XIV, the art of tapestry was esteemed higher than painting, prized for its power to impress the masses with royal power and wealth.

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Hung Liu, Manchu Bride, 2015

Hung Liu: Ghost World

Hung Liu’s paintings call a lost China back to life.

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Edward Ruscha, Standard Station, Amarillo, Texas, 1963

Popping Up Everywhere

An exhibition at the Philadelphia Museum of Art highlights Pop Art from around the world.

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Ivan Kliun, Ozonator, 1914.

Out of This World

Four decades before Sputnik, Soviet avant-garde artists envisioned the conquest of space.

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Jackson Pollock, The Flame, circa 1934–38

Jackson Pollock: No Chaos

With his drip paintings, Jackson Pollock found a new kind of order that inspired future generations of artists in all media to strive for boundlessness. Featured Images: (Click to Enlarge) Jackson Pollock was born in 1912, in Cody, Wyo. Eight years later, he moved with his family to small-town California. After working for a time…

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Flawless fancy vivid blue diamond from the Cullinan Mine in South Africa.

Flight of Fancy: Colored Diamonds

Colored, or “fancy,” diamonds have gone from being a curiosity to being the ultimate prize among gems.

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