contemporary
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By the 1950s the Weismans had one of the country’s most ambitious collections of contemporary art.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 12, 2026
British artist David Hockney, one of the most influential and defining figures in contemporary art whose paintings captured the world in brilliant colour, has died aged 88, his publicist announced Friday.
From Barron's • Jun. 12, 2026
The Pompidou Centre in Paris, with which Hockney collaborated for two landmark exhibitions, described him as "unquestionably one of the major figures of contemporary art".
From BBC • Jun. 12, 2026
To really good contemporary artists, however, the debilities inherent to art made in a very small size are merely challenges to be met.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026
For a moment I saw no sign of contemporary life; St. Louis, just across the river, had not yet switched on its lights.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
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