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How Rembrandts Were Stolen 81 Times

By Posted 08/15/11
Rembrandt's 1630 self-portrait, stolen from the National Museum of Stockholm in 2000 and recovered five years later. ©NATIONALMUSEUM, STOCKHOLM/BRIDGEMAN ART LIBRARY

Art meets crime in a new book on Rembrandt heists. Read More

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A Woman of Letters

By Posted 05/01/11
Carolee Schneemann with the composer James Tenney in 1956. MARI B. LYONS/COURTESY CAROLEE SCHNEEMANN

A portrait of Carolee Schneemann, in her own words. Read More

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The Collector Who Redefined Degas

By Posted 03/01/11
The master modele bronze of Edgar Degas’s Dancer Rubbing Her Knee, sculpted in wax circa 1884–85, cast posthumously. STEVEN OLIVER/NORTON SIMON ART FOUNDATION, PASADENA, CALIFORNIA

Degas in the Norton Simon Museum
Edited by Sara Campbell;
Essays by Daphne Barbour,
Richard Kendall, and Shelley Sturman
Yale University Press, 576 pages, $95 Read More

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What Was Neel’s Deal?

By Posted 02/01/11
Alice Neel in a photograph taken by her lover Sam Brody, whom she met at a WPA meeting. SAM BRODY

Alice Neel: The Art of Not Sitting Pretty
By Phoebe Hoban
St. Martin’s Press, 500 pages, $35 Read More

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Up the Rome Staircase

By Posted 01/01/11
Raphael’s The School of Athens, 1509–10, contains a rare contemporary portrait of a young Michelangelo: the figure, seated front and center, writing in a notebook. STANZA DELLA SEGNATURA, VATICAN PALACE

Young Michelangelo:
The Path to the Sistine
By John T. Spike
Vendome Press, 272 pages, $27.95 Read More

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Who Was Grant Wood?

By Posted 11/01/10
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A new biography purports to out the iconic American painter. Read More

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How to Catch an Art Thief

By Posted 07/01/10
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A former FBI agent takes readers along on the hunt for stolen masterpieces. Read More

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Manners-ism

By Posted 07/01/10

A new book on the fine art of diplomacy. Read More

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Ready for His Close-Up

By Posted 06/01/10
Self-Portrait I, 2009, Self-Portrait II, 2009–10, and Self-Portrait III, 2009, three of Close’s monumental oils. PRESTEL, 2010

Chuck Close: Life
By Christopher Finch
Prestel, 352 pages, $34.95 Read More

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What Made Castelli Run

By Posted 05/01/10
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A new biography paints a well-rounded portrait of legendary dealer Leo Castelli. Read More