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Noah Charney
The art forger who tricked the Nazis
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Apr 2020
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Iseult Gillespie
Why is this painting so shocking?
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May 2019
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Iseult Gillespie
Frida Kahlo: The woman behind the legend
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Mar 2019
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Jordana Moore Saggese
The chaotic brilliance of artist Jean-Michel Basquiat
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Feb 2019
4:21
Hayley Levitt
Who decides what art means?
Posted
Nov 2018
7:57
Touria El Glaoui
Inside Africa's thriving art scene
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Jan 2018
11:51
Nabila Alibhai
Why people of different faiths are painting their houses of worship yellow
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Sep 2017
12:52
Titus Kaphar
Can art amend history?
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Aug 2017
13:08
Alyssa Monks
How loss helped one artist find beauty in imperfection
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Oct 2016
11:22
Vanessa Ruiz
The spellbinding art of human anatomy
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Aug 2016
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eL Seed
A project of peace, painted across 50 buildings
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Jul 2016
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Amit Sood
Every piece of art you've ever wanted to see — up close and searchable
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Jun 2016
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Elizabeth Lev
The unheard story of the Sistine Chapel
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Jan 2016
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Natalya St. Clair
The unexpected math behind Van Gogh's "Starry Night"
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Oct 2014
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Alexa Meade
Your body is my canvas
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Sep 2013
3:06
James Earle
Da Vinci's Vitruvian Man of math
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Jul 2013
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Maurizio Seracini
The secret lives of paintings
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Oct 2012
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