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PHOTOS: Art's Best Bling

Posted 01.10.2012

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Notorious B.I.G. once said "Mo money, mo problems," and no one knows this quite like the Medici family. The ruling patrons of 14th century Florenc...

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Fast Food, Parking Lots And Vermeer: Marc Trujillo's New Show

John Seed | Posted 12.31.2011

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John Seed

Los Angeles based artist Marc Trujillo, whose first solo show at Hirshl and Adler opens on November 3rd, paints what he calls the "shared spaces of the everyday." He is attracted to "non-destinations," familiar places where vast expanses of concrete or linoleum numb the senses.

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Visiting the Oldest Dutch Master: The Frans Hals Museum

David Galenson | Posted 12.17.2011

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David Galenson

Frans Hals is often overshadowed by the other two great artistic geniuses of the Dutch Golden Age, Rembrandt van Rijn and Johannes Vermeer. Yet there is one dimension in which Hals stands clearly apart.

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Unprecedented Loan Of Louvre's 'Second Most Important Painting'

The Guardian | Mark Brown, Arts Correspondent | Posted 12.06.2011

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It was, Timothy Potts admits, an audacious request to the Louvre: that it lend what is arguably its second most important painting to the Fitzwilliam ...

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A Trip to Boston and a Documentary Add to My Gardner Museum Heist Obsession

Jane Chafin | Posted 11.28.2011

Read More: Art, The-Gardner-Heist, Titian, Vermeer, Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Ray "Whitey" Bulger, Painting, Isabella Stewart Gardner, Arts News
Jane Chafin

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10 Famous Art Heists

The Huffington Post | Travis Korte | Posted 09.18.2011

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If the case of Mark Lugo, suspected Picasso thief, can teach us anything, it's that stealing art is extremely difficult. It's almost comically easy, o...

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McQueen Beats Van Gogh At The Met

Bloomberg | Posted 08.28.2011

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It looked like the food lines in my old hometown of Leningrad. That’s how long the queue is to get into the hit show at New York’s Metropolitan...

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Art Authority: An Amazing iPad App for Art Lovers

Jane Chafin | Posted 05.30.2011

Read More: Art History, iPad Apps, Art Authority, Ipad, Norton Simon Museum, Norval Morriseau, Vermeer, Jose Clemente Orozco, Van Gogh, Arts News
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What if you could suddenly afford that library of art books you've always wanted? What if, at the touch of a button, you could see how artists have depicted angels or demons through the ages?

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"The New Landscape" at Canal View in SoHo

Yelena Kalinsky | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Rufus Lusk Video Artist, Art, Maps, New York Art Galleries, Contemporary Art, Vermeer, Landscapes, Google Street View, Google Maps, New York Art, New York News
Yelena Kalinsky

A photo and video show at Canal View opens up some bracing vistas on what landscape means as knowledge of nearby and faraway places is increasingly delivered by software like Google Earth.

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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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