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The Late, Great Robert Hughes
The great Australian art critic Robert Hughes passed away last week on August 6, aged 74. Although best known...
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"Folk Art Rising" with The Magazine Antiques
In a brief but insightful July/August Editor’s Letter in The Magazine Antiques, Editor Elizabeth Pochoda discusses the reemergence of...
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Five Rare Finds From Storage Units
Above is the near-mint copy of the world’s most coveted comic book, found in a storage unit that was...
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A Jeweler at the Saxon Court
Don’t miss your chance to see Gold, Jasper, and Carnelian: Johann Christian Neuber at the Saxon Court at The...
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Yayoi Kusama at Whitney Museum
Yayoi Kusama likes dots. More specifically, polka dots. For her “…a polka-dot has the form of the sun… Polka-dots...
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"Absolutely Nobody" Discovers Ceramics
Reported by Eve M. Kahn in the New York Times, hundreds of unmarked 19th century French vases have been...
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Bergman Bronzes of the Orient
The artist of the colorful, contemplative piece above is Franz Xaver Bergman (1861-1936), foremost among Viennese cold-patinated bronze craftsmen....
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Small Treasures: Antique Carriage Clocks
Invented in 1812 by the seminal French watchmaker Abraham-Louis Breguet for the original man-on-the-go, Napolean Bonaparte, the carriage clock...
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The Art of the Olympics: Let the Games Begin
Today, the Olympic Games is the foremost sports competition in the world with representatives of over 200 countries vying...
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Vintage Animal Figural Pins
Among the world’s oldest jewelry type, pins and brooches date at least as far back as the Bronze Age....