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Street photography pioneer Sabine Weiss dies at 97

She was the last of the French humanist photographers. For nearly eight decades, she photographed social change with a unique eye.

Swiss-French photographer Sabine Weiss, who chronicled social change in her pictures for nearly eight decades, has died aged 97 in her Paris home, her family said Wednesday.

Photographer Byron Robb shares how he began experimenting with cubism in photography after being inspired by a master painting.

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EAST MEADOW, N.Y. – World Auction Gallery will ring in the New Year with a major, 535-lot auction on Sunday, January 2nd, led by a large collection of items by Yaacov Agam (Israeli, b. ...

A rare Chicago showing of provocative paintings by an overlooked African American artist at the Chicago Cultural Center.

A mature-period canvas by Emily Carr fetched more than $3 million at a Toronto auction, making it one of the most valuable works by the B.C. artist to come to market.

Article content Emily Carr’s health declined in the late 1930s — she had a heart attack in 1937 and another one in 1939. Incredibly, once she recovered, she continued to paint masterpieces. Two are for sale in this spring’s Heffel Auction — Swirl (1937) and Tossed by the Wind (1939). We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser, or Mature period Emily Carrs star at Heffel auction Back to video Both are deep dives into the forest, paintings executed with...

2013 Pop star Madonna sold a painting by French artist, sculptor and filmmaker, Fernand Leger to raise funds for supporting girls’ education projects in the Middle East and South Asia. The 1921 painting, which Madonna bought for $3.4m in 1990 and was titled ‘Trois Femmes a la Table Rouge’ (Three Women at the Red Table) fetched $7.2 million at a Sotheby’s sale in New York. Madonna with her adopted daughter Mercy James Image Credit: AP Madonna’s Ray of Light Foun...