WORLD ART
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The 12 Best Museums to Visit in Paris
Paris, the City of Light. Millions of travelers perceive it as an ideal destination. With architectures spanning the Middle Ages (Abbey...
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With New Venture, Collectors Michael C. Forman and Jennifer Rice Are Ensuring Philadelphia’s Art Scene Thrives in a Post-Pandemic World
Beyond buying pieces by Rashid Johnson, McArthur Binion, Deborah Roberts, Carmen Herrera, and Barbara Kruger, Philadelphia-based collectors...
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Paul Allen’s Botticelli to Sell for $40 M. at Christie’s
A Sandro Botticelli painting of the Virgin Mary that was once owned by the late Microsoft cofounder Paul Allen will be auctioned...
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1,000-Work Mallin Collection to Fetch $50 M. at Sotheby’s
Collectors Sherry and Joel Mallin are selling around 1,000 artworks they’ve bought over the decades. Their holdings will be sold...
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Grand Palais’s Director Departs for Fondation Cartier Ahead of First Art Basel Fair in Paris
Chris Dercon , the head of the Grand Palais in Paris, will depart his post to become director of the Fondation Cartier pour l’art...
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Ways of Not Seeing
In her influential 2017 study More Than Meets the Eye : What Blindness Brings to Art, Georgina Kleege, a blind writer and UC Berkeley...
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Should We Cancel David Smith? An Epic New Biography Takes Up the Famed Sculptor’s Violent Side
You can’t judge an artist biography by its cover, but based on its size, you can tell a lot about who’s being profiled before you even read the...
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What the World’s Top Collectors Bought in 2022, From Warhol Digital Works to Dazzling Abstractions
The collectors who rank on ARTnews ’s annual Top 200 list are often avid travelers, heading to various locales around the world to see—and...
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Sacred Space: The Shaker Museum’s New Future Offers Opportunities for Embracing Contradictions
In July, I joined a small group for a tour of the collection of the Shaker Museum in Old Chatham, New York, where we meandered among metal...
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New U.K. Prime Minister Rejects Possible Deal Over Return of the Parthenon Marbles to Greece
U.K. Prime Minister Liz Truss, who succeeded Boris Johnson last month, has rejected the possibility of the contested sculptures leaving the...