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‘He could be grotesquely, wildly intemperate’: biographer Blake Gopnik tells us about the great collector Albert C. Barnes

The Art Newspaper

A new biography on the renowned businessman, who amassed one of the most important collections of Modern art in the US, looks at what made him tick

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Mexico City's Zona Maco fair offers something for everyone

The Art Newspaper

From emerging artists to Modern art and antiquities, by way of design and photography, around 220 exhibitors span seemingly every collecting category

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Les Nabis Revealed: The 8 Artists Who Redefined Modern Art as We Know It

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Energized to achieve a “beauty beyond visible reality,” the Nabis group of French artists challenged convention to create a new artistic vision, as they harnessed Paul Gauguin’s synthetism to envisage an exciting alternative that would usher in the age of modern art. Fine collections of Nabis artwork can be found around the world.

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Meet the Mysterious Woman Who Shaped MoMA

Artnet News

Bliss and the Birth of the Modern" is based on the art collection of the museum's enigmatic cofounder. Her efforts and collection have forged the ongoing narrative of Modern art. MoMa's exhibition "Lillie P. The post Meet the Mysterious Woman Who Shaped MoMA appeared first on Artnet News.

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A bridge between worlds: Central Asia’s first private Modern and contemporary art museum to open in Kazakhstan

The Art Newspaper

Almaty Museum of Arts will house more than 700 works by Kazakh and Central Asian artists, while also presenting an substantial collection of international art

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Hirsch Is New Owner of Dallas Auction Gallery

Maine Antique Digest

Prominent antiques dealer and appraiser Reyne Hirsch is the new owner of the Dallas Auction Gallery and aims to attract a younger generation of buyers to collecting antiques and fine art. Hirsch was already co-owner of the nearby Patrick Jones Gallery, specializing in contemporary and modern art, when she received a

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Acquisitions round-up: Pierre Subleyras’s papal commission, Lasansky's horrors of the Holocaust and Archie Moore's sprawling family tree

The Art Newspaper

Our pick of the latest gifts and purchases to enter institutional collections worldwide