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She Is an Icon of Finnish Art. Now Modernist Helene Schjerfbeck Takes a Global Stage
26 December 2025 @ 7:00 pm
The Finnish master whose name you should know is the subject of a major solo at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
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From Sharon Stone to Adrien Brody—Here Are the Stars We Interviewed in 2025
26 December 2025 @ 2:00 pm
Read on to find out how art-making helped one star cope with grief and gave others a fresh creative perspective.
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The Theft That Made the Mona Lisa Famous
26 December 2025 @ 12:00 pm
When it was stolen in 1911, Leonardo da Vinci’s painting had been missing from the Louvre for more than 24 hours before anybody noticed.
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8 Gulf Artists Defining the Region’s New Cultural Renaissance
26 December 2025 @ 9:00 am
Though they use vastly different media, their work shares an openness that echos changes taking place across the region.
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Untangling the Myths Behind Henri Rousseau’s Eccentric Masterpiece
26 December 2025 @ 8:00 am
Self-taught 20th-century artist Henri Rousseau is the subject of a major exhibition at the Barnes Foundation in Philadelphia.
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Re-Air: How Painters Today Are Reframing… the Frame
25 December 2025 @ 6:12 pm
Editor Katie White on how a new generation of painters is bringing inventive frames to the fore.
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Here Are the 10 Most Expensive Artworks Sold at Auction in 2025
25 December 2025 @ 3:18 pm
From Gustav Klimt to Jean-Michel Basquiat, the list is studded with famous names.
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Meet 5 Artists Transforming Photography
25 December 2025 @ 11:00 am
From cameraless prints to glitter-drenched portraits, these next-gen image-makers favor bold experimentation.
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Christopher Nolan’s ‘The Odyssey’ Trailer Rankles Ancient History Buffs
24 December 2025 @ 5:37 pm
Commentators have been picking apart the historical inaccuracies of the director's latest epic, which stars Matt Damon.
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Archaeologists Unearth Pharaoh’s Lost Temple in Egypt
24 December 2025 @ 2:02 pm
A recent excavation has yielded the remnants of a valley temple connected to the Nile river.
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