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Brancusi and America

The story of Constantin Brancusi (1876–1957) and America is long and rich, though to date told only in parts. The artist's innovations are so numerous—and so apparently contradictory—that doubts can…

• By
  William C. Agee
• May 1, 2019 9:20 am

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Books: From Disciple to Master

For those who have sensed a kindred soul in Rainer Maria Rilke's Letters to a Young Poet, the debut book of Rachel Corbett, an editor at Modern Painters, will be an informative, sometimes troubling…

• By
  Lilly Wei
• Jun 1, 2017 9:00 am

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From the Archives: Florine Stettheimer—Rococo Subversive

On the occasion of the traveling retrospective, "Florine Stettheimer: Painting Poetry," currently on view at New York's Jewish Museum through September 24, we looked back in our archives for this 1980…

• By
  Linda Nochlin
• May 5, 2017 3:35 pm

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MFAH Acquires Manfred Heiting’s Photography Book Collection

The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, announced today its acquisition of a major collection of photography books. Amassed by Manfred Heiting, an Amsterdam -based writer, designer and curator, the extens…

• By
  Elliot Camarra
• Jul 1, 2013 10:13 am

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Shooting the Messengers

Photographers Photograph Photographers.

• By
  Ann Landi
• Feb 1, 2011 12:00 am