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aeworld.com
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Why Contemporary Art Is Becoming Beautiful Again

Nour Jarmakani | 18-10-2026 For much of the past century, contemporary art learned to distrust beauty. To be taken seriously, art was often expected to challenge, disrupt or provoke. The beautiful could be dismissed as decorative; the pleasurable as too easy. Conceptualism…

fjordreview.com
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On Criticism

World-class review of ballet and dance. Fall for Dance Festival, Program 4: Pony Cam's “kinda like that” / Miami City Ballet in Alexei Ratmansky’s “Roses from the South: Three Waltzes for Toby” / The Australian Ballet in Stephanie Lake's “Seven Days” New York…

tlmagazine.com
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The Only True Protest is Beauty

TLmag is dedicated to curating and capturing the collectible culture – the international players and evolving expertise that shape art and design. Read more about TLmag The Only True Protest is Beauty, Fondazione Dries Van Noten’s inaugural show at the Palazzo…

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The Macabre Art of Sanjulián

In this Sanjulián self-portrait, the horror facet of his career can be seen in the upper left-hand corner. "Manuel Pérez Clemente, known professionally as Sanjulián, has passed away at 85. The Spanish illustrator died on October 14, with the news confirmed by…