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Freed from the shadow of Krasner's husband Jackson Pollock, another glorious solo show emerges
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Arizona auctioneer Josh Levine is selling a painting he found in a garage last year that he says is a lost Jackson Pollock. Since coming across the painting at an estate sale, Levine has sought to verify its provenance, hiring investigators and a forensic expert. “Based on their work and findings, I believe this painting…
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The Schmooze Leo Castelli, an Art Dealer With Attitude
He gave chic new definition, boosted the New York art scene, and went to such brazen lengths as to deliver artwork unrequested to the Museum of Modern Art and simply send a bill. He was known to have commandeered a gondola with his pals to transport art in time to compete in the Venice Biennale….
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James Logan’s new play “Red” about abstract painter Mark Rothko, which has just opened on Broadway, begins with an unobstructed view of Alfred Molina’s back. Molina as Rothko, staring at his own painting, begins to pontificate — and this, in essence, is the central image of the play: a self-absorbed artist/genius who turns away from…
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