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David Lynch, artist and film-maker who portrayed America’s dark side with surreal humour and violence, has died, aged 78

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Lynch trained as a painter before becoming a successful film-maker and ultimately returning to visual art in recent decades

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Frank Auerbach, Master of Psychological Realism, Dies at Age 93

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Considered one of the greatest painters of his age, he was a leading figure among the School of London artists. The post Frank Auerbach, Master of Psychological Realism, Dies at Age 93 appeared first on Artnet News.

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Ice Age Artists Captured the Earliest Known Fishing Scene 15,800 Years Ago, New Research Shows

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The post Ice Age Artists Captured the Earliest Known Fishing Scene 15,800 Years Ago, New Research Shows appeared first on Artnet News. The surprisingly "abstract" and "minimalist" representation may hold specific symbolic significance.

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Pippa Garner, Artist Who Playfully Skewered Consumerism, Has Died

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Pippa Garner, the conceptual artist and designer whose playful inventions hacked modern life as much as her self, has died at age 82.

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Gilded Age Architecture and Art: A Journey Through America’s Opulent Era

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Just the name “The Gilded Age” invokes a sense of opulence and grandeur. Correspondingly, this rise in wealth was reflected in both the art and architecture of the era, as patrons aimed to create increasingly lavish works of art and environments to reflect both their affluence and the magnificence of the age.

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Remembering Frank Auerbach, one of the leading artists of his generation, who has died aged 93

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The German-born British painter, a leading figure in the School of London, produced some of the most enduring and perceptive observations of what it meant to be alive during his time

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Artur Snitkus, Ukrainian artist and musician, killed in combat near Donetsk, aged 36

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In tributes, friends and colleagues described him as “icon of the Ukrainian queer underground” and “a holy man”

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