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A New Exhibition Explores the Queer-Coded Imagery of the 20th Century’s Most Famous Illustrator

J.C. Leyendecker, the most commissioned cover artist for the Saturday Evening Post, developed the Arrow Collar Man, the male equivalent of the Gibson Girl. A new exhibition at the New-York Historical Society explores his life and legacy.

By Maria Clara Cobo June 6, 2023

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Andy Warhol Just Got a Bad Review From the U.S. Supreme Court. But He's Had Worse.

By Cultured Magazine

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5 of the Wildest Acts of Vandalism in Art History

By Cultured Magazine

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Kim Kardashian Didn’t Invent Modern Celebrity. Meet the Woman Who Did.

By Cultured Magazine

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How Forger Wolfgang Beltracchi Stole Nearly $1 Million From Steve Martin

Cosplaying as grandmothers, duping widows, and conning the Metropolitan Museum of Art: Wolfgang Beltracchi and his wife will long be remembered for the havoc they wreaked on the early aughts art world.

By Cultured Magazine April 11, 2023

Michelangelo’s 'David' Has a Long History of Censorship

Over 500 years after its creation, the Renaissance sculpture is still causing outrage with its unabashed nudity.

By Sophie Lee April 4, 2023

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The Love Triangle That Birthed the Guggenheim

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Domenica Guillaume Walter's Crimes of Dispassion

By Yaroslava Bondar

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The Forgery That Outwitted the Nazis

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Gustav Klimt: The Cat-Crazed Womanizer Behind History’s Most Famous Kiss

By Annie Lyall Slaughter

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The Hammer Family's Most Costly Scandal Doesn't Even Include Armie

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Love Bombing or Performance Art? Four of History's Most Passionate Displays

By Cultured Magazine

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Daniel Radcliffe: The Boy Who Was Rejected at Frieze

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The Era of 'Tuberculosis Chic'

By Annie Lyall Slaughter

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Donald Trump Demanded Vincent van Gogh. The Guggenheim Gave Him a Toilet Instead.