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ARTFIXdaily News Feed - Tuesday, September 28, 2010

An Object of Beauty by Steve Martin is due to be published in Nov. 2010.

Steve Martin pens art world novel
ArtfixDaily Staff - September 28th, 2010 03:53

Publisher's Weekly interviews comedian/actor/writer/musician Steve Martin about his latest novel, An Object of Beauty. The book centers on the art trade in New York City during the "gold rush" days around the new millenium. It's the end of an era. The main character, an ambitious art dealer named Lacey Yeager, has a "quaint morality, a narcissistic personality," says Martin. "Her ascension to the highest tiers of the city parallel the soaring heights - and, at ...

Design study for the East Building (detail), I. M. Pei & Partners, National Gallery of Art East Building Design Team, c. 1968

National Gallery of Art Center for Advanced Study in the Visual Arts Announces 2010–2011 Appointments

The Center for Advanced Study in the Visual Arts (CASVA) at the National Gallery of Art has announced the appointments of members for 2010–2011. They include Joseph J. Rishel, ...

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