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As Iraq's economy shows signs of recovery, a thirst for new art is emerging

The Art Newspaper

The highlight, he says, was the workshop Babil Performance Art conducted in the College of Fine Arts at the University of Babylon, where students are confined to learning painting and sculpture. The country’s National Museum of Modern Art was severely looted during the 2003 American invasion and it is now utterly dilapidated.

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What Makes a Work of Art Timeless in an Age Obsessed with Now?

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From Leonardo da Vinci ’s Mona Lisa to Vincent van Gogh ’s Starry Night, Michelangelo ’s David, Pablo Picasso ’s Guernica, and beyond, a handful of works of art remain vital, modern, and as immune to trends as ever. It’s a radical quality in a culture obsessed with immediacy, but timeless art resists this pressure.

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Patrick Boyd Carpenter: ' It’s a Proper Old Fashioned Antique Shop.'

Grays Antiques

I buy anything I like that’s handmade and good quality from the last five hundred years. I just bought an amazing collection of Eduardo Paolozzi sculptures. He was an extraordinary figure within British art. In terms of stock, I’ve got a good selection, Master drawings, sculptures, oils, textile, and prints.

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Jaeger-LeCoultre Clocks

Sarasota Antique Buyers

As knowledgeable antique dealers, we have been in business since 1989 and now offer free verbal appraisals for antique clocks as well as sterling silver, modern art, and any high-quality vintage items. We buy, broker, and sell Sterling Silver, Modern Art, Chinese Artifacts, Bronzes, and Antiques.

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“Focus on What’s Essential to You” - Franklin Parrasch on Making Your Own Way in the Art World

Art Dealers Association of America

What inspired you to pursue a career in visual art? I was five years old, in kindergarten in New Jersey, and my friend’s mother, who was an artist, took us to the Museum of Modern Art one day. Installation view of “ John McCracken: red, black, blue | Painting and Sculpture, 1966-1971, ” 2015. Photo by Kent Pell.

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5 Hot Lots Coming to Auction in October

WorthPoint

At its Canadiana sale on October 12, Miller & Miller Auctions of New Hamburg, Ontario, is offering over 300 lots that include hard-to-find museum-quality pieces like Lot 249 , a rare and exceptional stoneware crock. Lot 50 , his “Active Hybrid, Second Growth” welded bronze sculpture, is from his “Hybrid Figures” series, 1984-1993.

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The Essential Guide to Minimalist Art: 10 Artists Who Mastered the Art of Simplicity

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Emerging as a reaction to the emotional qualities of Abstract Expressionism in the mid-20th century, Minimalism reduced art to its essential elements, focusing on geometric shapes, flat surfaces, and primary colors. Many Minimalist painters explored variations on a theme, which often involved subtle changes in color, shape, and scale.