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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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David Lynch, Visionary Filmmaker and Artist Who Mined the Sublime, Has Died

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The post David Lynch, Visionary Filmmaker and Artist Who Mined the Sublime, Has Died appeared first on Artnet News.

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Why Another Artist Just Renamed Himself Anish Kapoor

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The post Why Another Artist Just Renamed Himself Anish Kapoor appeared first on Artnet News. Stuart Semple's eight-year feud over art supplies and exclusivity turns, shall we say, personal.

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Framing Van Gogh: why the artist preferred not to surround his works with gold

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The National Gallerys blockbuster exhibition, Van Gogh: Poets & Lovers, provides an unusual opportunity to see how the artists works have been framed by their owners

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How Bangladeshi artists played a role in their country’s ‘monsoon revolution’

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Artists who had long suffered threats and censorship contributed to, and then celebrated, the downfall last year of the countrys repressive regime

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Raquel Rabinovich, Undersung Monochromatic Painter and Land Artist, Dies at 95

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The post Raquel Rabinovich, Undersung Monochromatic Painter and Land Artist, Dies at 95 appeared first on Artnet News. Born and raised in Argentina, Rabinovich was a staple of the Hudson Valley art scene.

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Revealed: The Sensational Lives of 6 Overlooked British Women Artists

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s great women artists that history forgot. The post Revealed: The Sensational Lives of 6 Overlooked British Women Artists appeared first on Artnet News. A sweeping exhibition at London's Tate Britain spotlights the U.K.'s