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Artists Still Find Wonderland Worth Exploring 160 Years After Alice

More than a century and a half after its initial publication, Lewis Carroll’s 'Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland' continues to inspire.

07.07.2025 2

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Ruth Millington

Framing Art History’s Most Famous Friendships—and Fallouts

When Vincent van Gogh painted his glorious sunflowers in Arles, every single one of them was for Paul Gauguin, whom he’d befriended in Paris. He...

03.12.2024 10

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Ruth Millington

How Contemporary Women Artists Are Reframing the Muse

Painted with fluid brushstrokes, a Cantonese woman reclines on a bed of soft blues, strands of her dark hair melting into a plump white pillow. Are...

30.07.2024 10

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Ruth Millington