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The Storied Collection of Museu de Arte Moderna in Rio's Founder Heads to Auction at Sotheby's Paris
In the 1940s, while Brazil's cultural establishment remained skeptical of modernism, Bittencourt founded the Museu de Arte ...
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Sotheby's to sell art belonging to Brazil's Lady of the Resistance
The journalist and collector Niomar Moniz Sodré Bittencourt, who established the Museum of Modern Art of Rio de Janeiro, was ...
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Cassandre's posters helped art deco to "elbow its way in"
Continuing our Art Deco Centenary series we profile graphic designer and artist Adolphe Jean-Marie Mouron, who under the ...
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Why Leonora Carrington’s Otherworldly Sculptures Are Generating Interest—and Controversy
The otherwordly paintings by Leonora Carrington are broken records at auction. Will collectors also go crazy for her ...
Famous artist couples: What happens when one is better known than the other?
Acclaimed photographer Joel Meyerowitz and artist Maggie Barrett have been in a creatively rich relationship for 30 years.
Victor Hugo’s secret world: unveiling the surreal sketchbook of a literary giant
One of the 19th century’s greatest writers, Hugo also found time to produce art admired by founder of surrealism Andre Breton ...
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Photo: Orville Peck Reveals That He Will Perform Without Mask in CABARET
Orville Peck has confirmed that his iconic mask will not, in fact, be part of his Cabaret costume. Fans have been eager to ...
‘Once shown, they’ll have to be kept in the dark for years’: the secret drawings of Victor Hugo
When the French novelist died in 1885, he left behind The Hunchback of Notre-Dame, Les Misérables – and a fragile cache of jaw-dropping art ...
The Nazis loathed modern art. They launched a war against it.
"Degenerate Art," an exhibition at the Musée Picasso in Paris on the Nazis' persecution of modern artists, is about culture wars and where they can lead.
Rembrandt to Picasso: Five ways to spot a fake masterpiece
The recent discovery of an art forger's workshop reminds us of the long history of fraudulent artworks – here are the simple rules to work them out.
Is the Historic Maison Baccarat the New 'It' Place to Eat in Paris?
Twenty years after its transformation by Philippe Starck, Baccarat's historic Parisian flagship has been reimagined.