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A Moment of Distance

Immerse yourself in the vastness of O’Keeffe’s minimal painting.

By Annie Yi
A single black line swells and tapers as it curves from the upper left corner of this white canvas across to the right edge, and back to near the lower left corner in this abstract painting. The line makes a short, bracket-like form at the upper left before the large curve, like the belly of a capital D, spans the rest of the height of the canvas.  
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Who Is Charles Ethan Porter? 7 Things to Know

Porter was the first known professional Black artist to specialize in still lifes, and his paintings were admired by the likes of writer Mark Twain and painter Frederic Edwin Church.

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16 Black Artists to Know

Are you a fan of Glenn Ligon, Alma Thomas, or Gordon Parks? We’ve paired eight Black artists you might know with eight others to discover.

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Gilbert Stuart’s Skating Sensation

With "The Skater," Stuart blazed a new path in British portraiture. Its details tell the story of skating in 18th-century Britain.

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