Topic: The Museum of Modern Art
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Sundance: 5 festival documentary favorites
5 films shown at the famous Sundance festival that are already hits with critics and audiences
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In Pictures: Wendi Deng Murdoch's glamorous life
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Photos of the Day: Photos of the day 06/13
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In Pictures: The art of the crowd
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Gallery: Famous art heists
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Chapter & Verse Interview with poet John Ashbery
John Ashbery is recognized by many critics as one of the most eminent American poets of the 20th-century. He published his first awarding-winning book of poems "Some Trees" in 1956. Today, at 85, Ashbery shows no signs of putting his pen down any time soon. He has recently published a collection of poems entitled "Quick Question."
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Kandinsky spoke 'language of color'
Russian-born artist Wassily Kandinsky changed the course of modern art forever.
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How will New York keep out a rising sea? Dikes, huge sea wall, oyster beds?After superstorm Sandy, New York officials look for long-term solutions against future floods from storm surges. Many options, little consensus.
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The Artist Is Present: movie review
Seeing the audience experience performance artist Marina Abramovic is overwhelming to watch.
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Latin America Monitor Traditional and modern merge in Mexico's ZonaMaco art fair
Just ten years ago some Mexican artists assumed 'good stuff only came from the outside,' but now many local designers mix pride in their culture and tradition with modernity, writes a blogger.
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Sundance: 5 festival documentary favorites
5 films shown at the famous Sundance festival that are already hits with critics and audiences
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Sundance 2012: Documentaries dominate
'Ethel,' about R.F.K.'s wife, and 'The Invisible War' leave a somber aftertaste.
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The chef's art
A new movement is turning meals and hospitality into a new art medium.
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Diego Rivera: honoring a big Communist with a Google doodle
President Obama, Occupy protesters, and even the Muppets have been accused of communist leanings. But Mexican muralist Diego Rivera was the real thing.
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Diego Rivera, communist and Mexican icon, honored with Google Doodle
Mexico's most famous mural painter, Diego Rivera, is honored posthumously on his 125th birthday with a Google doodle.
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Mozart's town lures the avant-garde and classical
In an effort to attract younger people, an annual music festival in Mozart's town of Salzburg now also features avant-garde theater productions, very different from the classical performances it is known for.
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In Pictures: Wendi Deng Murdoch's glamorous life
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Photos of the Day: Photos of the day 06/13
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How M.F. Husain, the 'Picasso of India,' tested free expression
M.F. Husain went into self-imposed exile after threats by Hindus offended by his work. The modernist painter's work prompted hundreds of lawsuits.
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A Slovakian town claims Andy Warhol as their own
Although famed pop culture artist Andy Warhol was born in the US, his mother's Slovakian hometown is happy to claim him as their own with a museum in his name.
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Crowdsourcing: The art of a crowd
Crowdsourced art, also known as wiki-art, erases the line between artist and audience.
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In Pictures: The art of the crowd
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Toxic toy recalls: an opening for US 'green' toys
Because of recalls of toxic toys in recent years, small US firms are pushing nontoxic, organic toys for Christmas.
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The women of pop art
Long sidelined, women artists slowly win recognition – and museum space.
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Sculptor Louise Bourgeois plumbed depths of female psyche, made giant freaky spiders
French-born artist Louise Bourgeois, who passed away Monday, was known for her 'confessional' work that explored themes of female sexuality, birth, and death.
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Paris art heist: The alarm that didn't sound, the dog that didn't bark
A day after the $123 million Paris art heist, revelations emerged that hinted of an inside job. A malfunctioning alarm was too quiet for guards to hear.
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Gallery: Famous art heists
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Cartier-Bresson: A master's black-and-white world
Cartier-Bresson captured moments and movements of profound social change with an artist's eye. A new exhibition looks at 45 years of his iconic work.
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In Pictures: The 1906 San Francisco earthquake
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