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Lesley Vance, Untitled (12), 2009. Oil on linen, 18 x 15 in. (45.7 x 38.1 cm) Collection of the artist; courtesy David Kordansky Gallery, Los Angeles, photo via California Literary Review 2010: A scaled-back Whitney Biennial
California Literary Review - March 9th, 2010 19:32
The simple title "2010" for this year's Whitney Biennial seems appropriate for a recession-era show with a pared-down selection of works. From art described as "mere decorative" to "humanistic," this 75th iteration of the influential American art venue, on view at the Whitney Museum through May 30, has a foot in the traditional while exploring new approaches. View a selection of works including Aurel Schmidt's jarring drawing made with pencil, beer, dirt, ...

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Annie Leibovitz. Photo: wikipedia commons
Photographer Annie Leibovitz has turned to a private equity firm to help restructure her enormous debt load. Last summer the celebrity photographer narrowly averted foreclosure after she missed a ...
Western Reserve Historical Society
The Cleveland Plain Dealer reported Sunday that the Western Reserve Historical Society has been quietly selling pieces from its collections at auctions to pay down a staggering $7.2 million debt. ...
The Giotto paintings under ultraviolet light. Reuters photo
Restorers used ultraviolet light to examine paintings by Giotto, who is credited as the first of the Renaissance masters, in the Peruzzi Chapel inside Florence's Santa Croce church. ...
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Sarah Rahbar, flag 28, 2008, Courtesy Carbon 12.Art Dubai
March 17-20, 2010
contemporary art fair
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Madonna and Child with the Infant Saint John by Sandro BotticelliBOTTICELLI’S ‘ROCKEFELLER MADONNA’ FOR SALE AT TEFAF MAASTRICHT MARCH 12-21, 2010
Release Date: 07 March 2010
An exquisitely beautiful study of the young Saint John kneeling in prayer before the Madonna and the infant Christ by Sandro Botticelli is to be offered for sale by the leading international art dealers Dickinson for a price in the region of US$15 million (€11.1 million) at TEFAF Maastricht. ...

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