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Auction will boost academy's American art goals
The academy will offer 34 European paintings at auction. The sales represent a concerted effort to purge its collection of remaining European works in a way that strengthens its American holdings.
By Edward J. Sozanski / Inquirer Art Critic
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Museum show or sale promo?
A dealer's involvement in the Woodmere's Martha Walter show is remarkably heavy.
Edward J. Sozanski / Inquirer Art Critic
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Shakespeare's reputation: From bad to Bard
"Making Shakespeare," at the Rosenbach Museum, chronicles the slow rise of Shakespeare from posthumous near-oblivion to the early 19th century, when the world came under the spell of Will power.
By Desmond Ryan / Inquirer Theater Critic
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Transcending style, and painting what he felt
Whatever you might want a painting to be, from realist to symbolist to abstract, you can find your ideal in the work of Edwin Dickinson, who is the subject of a retrospective at PAFA.
By Edward J. Sozanski / Inquirer Art Critic
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Exhibit gathers many questions about collecting
By bringing together four collections of markedly different character, Pictures, Patents, Monkeys and More looks at the differences between institutional and individual collecting.
By Edward J. Sozanski / Inquirer Art Critic
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Japanese prints with expressionist exuberance
Munakata Shiko was a nearsighted Japanese printmaker who shattered stereotypes during his 50-year career. He created consistent, pronounced visual excitement of a kind not usually associated with the traditional art of his country.
By Edward J. Sozanski / Inquirer Art Critic
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Can subliminal be sublime?
Warning to all Philadelphians: Stealth art is among us, thanks to the Imprint project. It is disguised as advertising billboards, lurking in bus shelters, and printed on paper coffee cups.
By EDWARD J. SOZANSKI / Inquirer Art Critic
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From unrelated images, modern themes
Doug Aitken's video work at the Fabric Workshop and Museum surrounds the viewer with pictures and sounds.
By Edward J. Sozanski / Inquirer Art Critic
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MoSex and the city
That's "Mo" as in "Museum of," and "city" as in New York. The ex-Philadelphian founder intends the explicit exhibits to be more scholarly than steamy.
By Kathy Boccella / Inquirer Staff Writer
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