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George Clooney Takes Nazi Looting To The Big Screen
Just when I got tired of watching George Clooney -- courtesy of The Descendants, which I thought was rather a boring movie, though I know I am in the minority (I found The Ides of March to be more...
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Risky Business? Met, Art Institute Draw In New Blood
The Metropolitan Museum* and the Art Institute of Chicago announced appointments today -- one curatorial and one staff. Oddly, it's the latter that's more intriguing. On Fifth Avenue, director Tom...
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"The Mayor Has An [Arts] Plan" -- Where? UPDATED
With government support for the arts on the wane in most places, here's a city singing a different tune: ...The mayor has a plan. That plan has been to reestablish municipal support for the arts...
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Please Touch This Sculpture. Yes, You Heard That Right
I know there is a Please Touch Museum in Philadelphia, but it's for kids. How many times have you viewed an artwork, particularly sculpture, and really wanted to feel it? Many, for me, most recently at...
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France Honors Two: One Artist, One Curator
Two's company, as they say. On Wednesday, the French Cultural Services Office of the French Embassy in the U.S. informed me that Will Barnet, who turned 100 last May and was honored recently by the...
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Damien Hirst's Spot Paintings: How Are They Doing?
Taking potshots at the Damien Hirst Complete Spot Paintings, 1986 - 2011 exhibition has become the sport of the day, and I'm not one to disagree. I find them simply boring. They fared poorly in a test...
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Radio Series About The Royal Collection Poses U.S. Question
It's been a pleasure to be working at home a couple of recent days during the one o'clock hour, because that's when WNYC is rebroadcasting The BBC/British Museum's "A History of the World in 100...
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With Launch Of Massive Archive, MFAH Aims To Prove That Latin American Art Is...
Tomorrow, the International Center for the Arts of the Americas -- created ten years ago at the Museum of Fine Arts in Houston -- launches a digital archive of thousands of primary source documents,...
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First Collection-Sharing, Now Curator-Sharing
The subject line in the email was deceptive: "Nelson-Atkins Hires Esteemed African Art Curator," it said. I almost archived it without reading. The substance turned out to be more interesting. The N-A...
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How To Get American Paintings On TV? Stephen Colbert
In case you missed it, even the Colbert Nation is interested in the new American paintings galleries at the Metropolitan Museum.* Stephen Colbert yesterday (?) interviewed Carrie Rebora Barrett, an...
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What's In A Name? How An Ivory Sculpture Gained Value
This is Old Masters week in New York, and to mark it I have written a short article about an ivory, estimated by Sotheby's in January, 2010, at $120,000 to $150,000.It sold, after much bidding from the...
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Rembrandt And The Face of Jesus: A Potent Combination
Alexander McQueen isn't the only guy capable of drawing crowds so big that hours must be extended at a museum. Or Leonardo, for that matter. I'm happy to report that the Detroit Institute of Art...
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Since When Does The Departure Of A Museum's Education Director Make News?
It's not very often that the departure of a museum's education director merits an article in a city's newspaper. But that is what happened last week, when Williams College announced that it had picked...
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Hidden Masterpieces: Science Takes Us Underneath The Paint
Out of the Shadows, a film by Kevin Sullivan about the use of advanced technology to discover the way artists work, made its debut in New York yesterday -- a showing at the Winter Antiques Show at the...
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Boston Patrons Shell Out: Two New Endowed Directorships
As I've said before, two's company -- so once again I'll mention something because there've been two instances in a very short time. On Tuesday came the news from the Institute of Contemporary Art in...
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