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stahl house, los angeles

Why This Art: Beneath the Glitz and Glamour

perri lynch howard

Talking with Perri Lynch Howard

gloria tamerre petyarre’s leaves, a 13 foot long aboriginal australian masterpiece, compels perri lynch howard to consider the spiritual and environmental realities of a place when painting landscapes

Why This Art: ‘Leaves’

claude monet’s "the portal of rouen cathedral in morning light," 1894

Why This Art: Monet's 'Rouen Cathedral Series’

julie mehretu’s howl, eon i, ii is a diptych created in 2016 through 17 that was commissioned by the san francisco museum of modern art as a gift from helen and charles schwab

Why This Art: ‘HOWL, eon (I, II)’

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willem de kooning’s montauk highway, 1958, contains fractures between space and scale, control and freedom, making the painting feel fresh and urgent

Why This Art: ‘Montauk Highway’

pierre auguste renoir’s landscape at beaulieu

Why This Art: ‘Landscape at Beaulieu’

teresa flores sees a strong connection between body and place in mujer con una mesa, woman with a table, c 1926 and 28, by rufino tamayo

Why This Art: ‘Mujer con una Mesa’

hale woodruffs 1949 mural portrays black people in ways that segregated media ignore

Why This Art: ‘Settlement and Development’

erica deeman finds infinite worlds within ultra violet 2, 2015, by lorna simpson

Why This Art: ‘Ultra Violet 2’

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