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The Art World's Unsolved Mysteries

MutualArt | Posted 05.22.2012

Read More: Exit Through the Gift Shop, Mona Lisa, Vincent Van Gogh, Degas, Whitey Bulger, Banksy, Huguette Clark, Leonardo Da Vinci, Arts News
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Murder, theft, and hidden identity describe just a few mysteries confounding the art world. The business side of Art can get messy, especially when the stakes are high. How did a billionaire legally "steal" a $10 million painting?

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The Line Is Drawn Between Rembrandt And Degas At The Met

Posted 02.27.2012

Read More: The Met, Video, Edgar Degas, French-Impressionists, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Rembrandt and Degas: Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, Impressionism, Slidepollajax, Degas, Rembrandt, Dutch Master, Rembrandt Van Rijn, Arts News

Soaking in the work of the French Impressionist Edgar Degas is one breathtaking experience to behold, but to examine the artist alongside the great Du...

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Nobody Wants To Buy Degas' Ballerina

AP | Posted 01.02.2012

Read More: Little Dancer Aged Fourteen, Christie's New York, Art, Edgar Degas, Degas Ballerina, Degas, Degas Bronze Ballerina, Degas Ballerina Auction, New York, Culture News

NEW YORK — A bronze sculpture of a young ballerina by French Impressionist Edgar Degas has failed to find a buyer at Christie's New York auction...

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Astoria Characters: The Pane-Air Painter

Nancy Ruhling | Posted 12.25.2011

Read More: Astoria, El Greco, Tasty's, Trinidad and Tobago, Crown Chemists, Picasso, Boston, Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Berch Augustine, Rubens, Van Gogh, Degas, Michelangelo, Museum of Fine Arts Boston, Taverna Kyclades, Norman Rockwell, Painter, Jackson Pollock, Artist, Newark, New York News
Nancy Ruhling

For three decades, Berch and his brushes have been beautifying Astoria, and for three decades, he's stayed pretty much behind the glass.

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What Is Art? Famous Artists Respond

Posted 12.12.2011

Read More: Andy Warhol, Ad Reinhardt, Leonardo, Twyla Tharp, Edgar Degas, Warhol, Karl Marx, Da Vinci, Degas, George Wyllie, Gauguin, Braques, Nietzsche, Art Is, Arts News

For centuries we have wondered, what is art? Many nights we've tossed and turned pondering this unsolvable question. And now, HuffPost Arts is here to...

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PHOTOS: Curate Your Own Art Exhibition

Posted 12.05.2011

Read More: Monet, Public Domain, Caravaggio, Rodin, Pissarro, Copyright, Gerome, Online Art, Degas, Baltimore Art Museum, Art Museum, Bronzino, Online Download Museum, Manet, Baltimore Museum, Arts News

In an age where we can use the internet to become DJ's, composers, directors and human encyclopedias, it makes sense we should get a chance to try out...

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

David Galenson | Posted 11.29.2011

Read More: Degas, Rijksmuseum, Rembrandt, Degas Biography, Degas Life, Edgar Degas, Arts News
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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QUIZ: Who Painted That Pup?

Posted 11.28.2011

Read More: Pet Art, Art Quiz, Raphael, Degas, Da Vinci, Cat, Durer, Millais, Gauguin, Courbet, Magritte, Animals, Van Gogh, Puppy Art, Brueghel, Monet, Dali, Art Test, Art History, Puppy, Van Eyk, Bosch, Masterpieces and Pets, Bronzino, Manet, Pontormo, Arts News

Long before LOLCats graced the world with its presence, people looking to get a good laugh at a furry animal had to get their hands on one the old fas...

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PHOTOS: Must-See Exhibitions In London

Posted 11.05.2011

Read More: Raqib Shaw, George Condo, Kanye West, London Art 2011, London Exhibitions, Leonardo Da Vinci, Degas, London Art Exhibitions, London Art Exhibitions Fall 2011, Mike Kelley, Grayson Perry, Anri Sala, Gerhard Richter, Mutualart, UK Arts, Muybridge, Arts News

It’s back to school time for the kids, and you know what that means for us...the art world is back in action! After the lazy, lull days of summer wh...

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Every Picture Tells a Story

Tom Teicholz | Posted 10.12.2011

Read More: Cezanne, Paintings, Renoir, Collectors, Salvador Dali, Rodeo Drive, Pablo Picasso, Art, Prints, Degas, Los Angeles, Goya, Arts News
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Michael Schwartz with Clients. Photo courtesy of Galerie Michael. For 30 years, Michael Schwartz has owned and operated Galerie Michael, an art g...

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PHOTOS: What $1B In Art Looks Like

Posted 07.01.2011

Read More: Richter, Money, Art Auctions, Derain, Titian, Warhol, Degas, Art Market, Christie's, Business, Painting, Picasso, Sotheby's, Giacometti, Mutual Art, Arts News

Via Mutual Art: Following our highly succesful 2010 auction summary, MutualArt.com's auction summary is back with insightful information reviewing ...

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INSPIRED ART: 'Picasso Looks at Degas'

wsj.com | MICHAEL FITZGERALD | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Toulouse-Lautrec, Cubism, Edgar Degas, Post-Impressionist, Impressionism, Pablo Picasso, Degas, Picasso, Massachusetts, Sterling and Francine Clark Institute, Arts News

'Picasso Looks at Degas" is a double-barreled delight. It offers not only the chance to see many fine works that Picasso made under the inspiration of...

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Lisa Yuskavage: The Journey of an Art Star by Patricia Zohn

Patricia Zohn | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Cezanne, 92nd St Y, De Chirico, Degas, Simone De Beauvoir, Second Sex, Dennis Hopper, Picasso, Philip Guston, Yale, Pornography, Dali, David Zwirner, Lisa Yuskavage, Robert Storr, Vuillard, Rorschach, Marianne Boesky, Disney, Arts News
Patricia Zohn

2010-06-25-outsidepull.jpg Yuskavage says -- using the lexicon of sex to describe her process -- "I can't paint as a bottom. I have to paint as a top."

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The Art of the Steal: Betraying Dr. Albert Barnes and Future Generations

Michael Henry Adams | Posted 05.25.2011

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Michael Henry Adams

Celebrated among aesthetes, the Barnes Foundation comprises a private collection groaning with manifold treasures among which are found African sculptures, Asian prints and Native American ceramics.

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Recession Hits Lackluster Art Auction Opener At Christie's

nytimes.com | CAROL VOGEL | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Art Auction Recession, Weak Dollar, Rockefeller Center, Recession, Art Auction, Christie's, Fall Auction Season, Degas, New York, New York City, New York News

French and Italian could be heard throughout Christie's salesroom Tuesday night as the fall auction season began unsteadily: While there were some str...

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Gunmen Grab $163m in Art at Swiss Museum

AP | ERNST E. ABEGG | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Art Heist, E.G. Buehrle Collection, Claude Monet, Monet, Van Gogh, Vincent Van Gogh, Swiss Museums, European Museums, Zurich Museums, Art Robbers, Paul Cezanne, Cezanne, Edgar Degas, Degas, Business News

ZURICH, Switzerland — Three gunmen in ski masks and dark clothes burst into a museum just before closing time. After a quick run through the bui...

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