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Venice Biennale opens without a jury amid strife over Russian and Israeli participation

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Venice Biennale opens without a jury amid strife over Russian and Israeli participation

Dozens of artists bring new life to a gigantic former ironworks on UNESCO’s world heritage list

Dozens of artists bring new life to a gigantic former ironworks on UNESCO’s world heritage list

An outsider artist takes the world’s biggest stage with the US Pavilion at the Venice Biennale

An outsider artist takes the world’s biggest stage with the US Pavilion at the Venice Biennale

Klimt ceiling paintings on display in Vienna theater’s daily scaffolding tours

Klimt ceiling paintings on display in Vienna theater’s daily scaffolding tours

The Venice Biennale previews in chaos as war follows art into the world’s oldest exhibition

The Venice Biennale previews in chaos as war follows art into the world’s oldest exhibition

France reckons with Nazi-looted art in a new Paris museum gallery

France reckons with Nazi-looted art in a new Paris museum gallery

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‘The Lost Boys’ and ‘Schmigadoon!’ earn 12 Tony nominations each to lead the field

‘The Lost Boys’ and ‘Schmigadoon!’ earn 12 Tony nominations each to lead the field

How to find one of DC’s most obscure monuments honoring a Greek goddess

How to find one of DC’s most obscure monuments honoring a Greek goddess

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Georg Baselitz, German artist known for provocation and upside-down paintings, dies at 88

Georg Baselitz, German artist known for provocation and upside-down paintings, dies at 88

How a father and daughter duped NYC’s art world with fake Warhols and Banksys

How a father and daughter duped NYC’s art world with fake Warhols and Banksys

Robot dogs with Musk and Zuckerberg heads roam around Berlin museum in Beeple’s new exhibit

Robot dogs with Musk and Zuckerberg heads roam around Berlin museum in Beeple’s new exhibit

Inside the world’s largest art heist when over $500M of paintings were stolen from a Boston museum

Inside the world’s largest art heist when over $500M of paintings were stolen from a Boston museum

Formerly incarcerated artists shine at DC open mic

Formerly incarcerated artists shine at DC open mic

EU pulls $2.3 million from Venice Biennale over Russia’s return

EU pulls $2.3 million from Venice Biennale over Russia’s return

Ben’s Chili Bowl wants DC’s help on new mural

Ben’s Chili Bowl wants DC’s help on new mural

Miniature art transforms an alley into a surrealist wonderland at ‘Mississippi’s Tiniest Museum’

Miniature art transforms an alley into a surrealist wonderland at ‘Mississippi’s Tiniest Museum’

Movie Review: Ian McKellen and Michaela Coel are razor-sharp in art comedy ‘The Christophers’

Movie Review: Ian McKellen and Michaela Coel are razor-sharp in art comedy ‘The Christophers’

Latest play at Folger Theatre is a love letter to DC

Latest play at Folger Theatre is a love letter to DC

Thieves steal paintings by Renoir, Cézanne and Matisse from a private museum in Italy

Thieves steal paintings by Renoir, Cézanne and Matisse from a private museum in Italy

Why is there a golden toilet on the National Mall?

Why is there a golden toilet on the National Mall?

Pop-up museum in DC features the scandal that changed American history

Pop-up museum in DC features the scandal that changed American history

Wammie Awards hosts locally-focused musical awards show for 37th year

Wammie Awards hosts locally-focused musical awards show for 37th year

Michigan prison art program helps inmates find voice — and hope

Michigan prison art program helps inmates find voice — and hope

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