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Plunging into Amsterdam's Art World

Edward Goldman | Posted 05.30.2012

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Edward Goldman

Going on a short press trip to Europe is never a walk in the park. It is more like a headfirst plunge into the local art scene: Exploring, tasting, inhaling it 24/7. And that's exactly how it was during my recent visit to Amsterdam.

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A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Disciple: What Degas Learned From Rembrandt

David Galenson | Posted 11.29.2011

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David Galenson

In 1856, 22-year-old Edgar Degas left the prestigious Ecole des Beaux Arts in Paris just a year after he had enrolled.

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Museumageddon Puts Amsterdam Tourism At Risk

Posted 11.22.2011

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Visitors to the Dutch capital next year intending to visit its three leading art museums will need to plan their trip carefully—or they might be dis...

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Was Goya A Traitor To The Spanish Cause?

Posted 11.21.2011

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A new painting by the Spanish artist Francisco Goya has been discovered underneath his portrait of Judge Don Ramón Satué at the Rijksmuseum in Amste...

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Van Gogh Museum Closing For Renovations

AP | Posted 08.24.2011

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AMSTERDAM — The Van Gogh Museum is shutting its doors for six months for renovations starting next year, its director said Friday, becoming the ...

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PHOTOS: Europe's Art Fair 'Mecca' Is Back With $1.4 Billion Worth Of Art

Posted 05.25.2011

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(Via Mutual Art) TEFAF (The European Fine Art Fair) is back: The art-lover’s “Mecca” returns in 2011 (March 18-27), as collectors, gallerists...

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Balaam Sculpture Sheds Light On Differing Christian And Jewish Views Of Prophecy

Menachem Wecker | Posted 05.25.2011

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Menachem Wecker

Although he often was considered a villain, theology also considered Balaam as a prophet who played a role in the history of salvation, by predicting the coming of Christ.

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'Moon Rock' Displayed In Dutch Museum Is Really Petrified Wood

AP | TOBY STERLING | Posted 05.25.2011

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AMSTERDAM — It's not green cheese, but it might as well be. The Dutch national museum said Thursday that one of its prized possessions, a rock ...

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Vermeer's "Milkmaid" Coming To The Metropolitan Museum of Art

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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NEW YORK — Johannes Vermeer's masterpiece "The Milkmaid" is coming to New York City's Metropolitan Museum of Art for a special exhibition on the...

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