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Weiss Flight: The Challenges Confronting the Metropolitan Museum’s Next President
This hit me hard. On Tuesday, an announcement from the Metropolitan Museum landed in my inbox with a thud: I have admired Daniel Weiss’ skill,
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Weiss Flight: The Challenges Confronting the Metropolitan Museum’s Next President
This hit me hard. On Tuesday, an announcement from the Metropolitan Museum landed in my inbox with a thud: I have admired Daniel Weiss’ skill,
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Coming Full Circle: Sam Gilliam, 88, Shapeshifter & Quintessential Colorist
Sam Gilliam, as Alex Greenberger pointed out in yesterday’s online obit for ARTnews, has always been in the artworld’s eye. But with today’s
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Philadelphia Museum’s Surprising Transition: From Experienced Leader to One with a Learning Curve
With Tuesday’s announcement that the Philadelphia Museum of Art, one of our country’s preeminent art institutions, has named its new
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Beethoven rewrites himself (with help from the Philadelphia Orchestra)
Yannick Nézet-Séguin bows after the June 5 Beethoven 9th with the Philadelphia Orchestra. Between February 22 and June 5th, Beethoven’s Symphony
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Manic Depressive: Why the Hyperactive Art Market is Not Cause for Celebration
In the CultureGrrl tradition of contrarian analysis, puncturing inflated market-hype balloons, here’s my alternate take on the recent major NYC
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“How I Wish We Had Something Like That Today”
Fill in the blanks: “This was performed and broadcast to millions of people. And something that should resonate with all of us today is the
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It’s Not Over Until Deaccession Diva Sings: How the Major Spring Auctions Went Tone-Deaf for Museums
In my previous post about auction sales of artworks that museums might reasonably have hoped to receive as gifts or bequests (pegged to Sotheby’s
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It’s Not Over Until Deaccession Diva Sings: How the Major Spring Auctions Went Tone-Deaf for Museums
In my previous post about auction sales of artworks that museums might reasonably have hoped to receive as gifts or bequests (pegged to Sotheby’s
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What Museums Can Do and Orchestras Cannot Do
Winslow Homer: “Lost in the Grand Banks” I keenly anticipated the Metropolitan Museum’s current Winslow Homer retrospective.
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Fallout from the Major Spring Sales: Auction Houses Win, Art Museums Lose
What else are you going to invest in right now? Art doesn’t evaporate, and the people who came out tonight knew they were getting quality works. So
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NYC Ballet Stravinsky Festival: Revelations at last.
Curtain calls during the NYC Ballet’s Agon Do you really know a piece of music when it’s only heard and not seen? With Stravinsky, possibly not.
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Remembering Lexo
When I filed my eulogy for Alexander Toradze, one of the emails I received was from David Hyslop. The former CEO of the Minnesota Orchestra, he knew
Alexander Toradze 1952-2022
The pianist Alexander Toradze, who died yesterday of heart failure at the age of 69, was much more than a friend. Lexo enjoyed telling the story of
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Some Like It Hot: Warhol’s “Marilyn” Underperforms at Christie’s While Bolstering Prices for Trendy Co-Stars
As a strategy for boosting bidding for works priced in the five- to six-figure range, the incongruous star turn of Warhol‘s nine-figure Shot Sage