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Tiki, 19th century, from the Marquesas Islands.
Looking at Art

The Polynesian Connection?

By Posted 06/28/12

Polynesian objects were given equal status with Gauguin’s work in a groundbreaking and subversive exhibition Read More

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Fighting for Their Rights

By Posted 04/01/08

The modernist masterpieces of Sergei Shchukin and Ivan Morozov were nationalized by the Bolsheviks and are now on view in a celebrated and controversial exhibition at London’s Royal Academy. The heirs’ efforts to compel the Russian state to provide them with “reasonable compensation” has become an international legal and political issue. Read More