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The Art Plunderer of Paris

The Art Plunderer of Paris

Jonathan Petropoulos— The evening was planned as a form of theater, a series of carefully staged scenes. Each room, or set, in the extraordinary eighteenth-century Parisian hôtel particulier featured a… READ MORE

Sculpture Between Life and Death

Sculpture Between Life and Death

Seth Estrin— On a monument erected in Athens in the fourth century BCE, a seated woman is seen from two different perspectives. To our eyes, she appears as a living… READ MORE

Books of Magic, Spells, Charms, and Incantations

Books of Magic, Spells, Charms, and Incantations

Owen Davies — The contents of magic texts represent much more than magic itself. Their little-studied artistic qualities reveal unique traditions of illustration, design, and imagination. Text and image were often… READ MORE

Mark Rothko, A Painter of Ideas

Mark Rothko, A Painter of Ideas

The new edition of The Artist’s Reality, Mark Rothko’s revered book on artistic practice and philosophy, features an afterword written for this occasion by artist and award-winning author Makoto Fujimura, whose own… READ MORE

Gego. Weaving the Space In Between.

Gego. Weaving the Space In Between.

Mónica Amor — In 1994 the late art critic and curator Lourdes Blanco wrote that “one day it will be determined with precision how Gertrude Goldschmidt assumed its magic conversion… READ MORE

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