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Exhibitions: Seeing Justice Done
By: Christy Grosz New York—When the Nazis invaded the Netherlands in 1940, a prominent Jewish art dealer fled Amsterdam, leaving behind his stock of nearly 1,200 Old Master paintings. Jacques Goudstikker hoped to return to his gallery one day, but the 42-year-old died falling down a flight of stairs aboard a freighter that was carrying…
Dialogue: Feats of Clay
By: Sheila Gibson Stoodley Joan Mirviss stood out from the day she started her business in 1977—she sold Japanese prints and paintings when her peers offered either one or the other. Since she added contemporary Japanese ceramics in 1984, the artworks have grown to account for half her receipts. In the wake of the demise…
John James Audubon’s ‘Birds Of America’ Sells for $8.8 Million
If there was ever a book to put a man on the map, John James Audubon’s The Birds of America is it. Prior to its publication, Audubon struggled for recognition as a naturalist and artist. He spent years trying to make ends meet as a businessman in the booming frontier towns of 19th-century America.
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