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The Metropolitan Museum at 150 – A Special Group of Personal (and Professional) Perspectives

December 11, 2020 By Guy St. Clair Leave a Comment

As we move into the final weeks of this year which – truth to tell – few of us can find the words to describe, I am taking it upon myself to describe something very special from The Metropolitan Museum of Art. We New Yorkers know and love this museum (once the city’s primary tourist …

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Filed Under: Art & Architecture, Current Events, History, Personal History Tagged With: art, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Metropolitan Museum of Art – 150th Anniversary, New York City – Museums

More da Vinci: The Authentication Controversy

August 2, 2010 By Guy St. Clair Leave a Comment

A quick follow-on to the story about the National Geographic Society Museum’s exhibition da Vinci – The Genius: Coincidentally, on the train returning from Washington, I found myself reading about yet another possible da Vinci work, currently on exhibition in Sweden under the patronage of the Italian government. Known as La Bella Principessa, the drawing …

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Filed Under: Art & Architecture Tagged With: "La Bella Principessa", art, art - authentication, art history, David Grann, Jackson Pollock, Leonardo da Vinci, Peter Paul Biro, The New Yorker (magazine)

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