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National Rembrandt

What’s wrong with this picture?

He was a giant in the art world. Museums in the world’s great cities collected his work: New York’s Guggenheim and Whitney, and D.C....
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Why art history matters

  • Art attribution
  • March 2, 2012
One may legitimately wonder if art historians take enough time to read history. Consider the case of Rembrandt.About a century ago, some 700...
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Portraits of a marriage

  • Portraits of a marriage
  • August 21, 2011
He places his hand tenderly on her breast. She rests her hand, in turn, on his. Their eyes, cast down, focus on the moment.The image, Rembrandt...
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Portraits that surpass likeness

A close-up portrait of Libyan dictator Moammar Gadhafi dashed on a wall in the rebel-held city of Benghazi tells the story there without a newscast...
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The side of art unnoticed

Alain de Bottom, known for making art and literature more digestible, writes of late that museums should inspire and stop standing around like dead...
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