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New Research Tools Kick Up Dust in Archives
THE NEW YORK TIMES New Research Tools Kick Up Dust in Archives By John Markoff Seated recently in the special collections room at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology library, Anders Fernstedt raced through an imposing set of yellowing articles and correspondence. Several years ago Mr. Fernstedt, an independent Swedish scholar who is studying the work […]
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With friends like this: Regulation by the unregulated… By John R Walker
“In 2008-09, DEWHA was assessed as non-compliant for the Resale Royalty Right for Visual Artists Act 2009 and a post-implementation review is required to commence within one to two years of implementation.”¹ The reason why the Artist Resale Royalty Act was assessed as non-compliant was because the Office for the Arts did not do the […]
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Cuckoos in spring…….By Tom Higginson
“ Politics is the art of looking for trouble , finding it whether it exists or not, diagnosing it incorrectly, and then applying the wrong remedy “ Ernest Benn 1875-1954 Have you heard the first cuckoo yet asked my wife over breakfast ( we rarely talk over breakfast ‘cos she’s always grumpy with me at […]
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Le Marché Aux Puce…
Les Puces, the huge and sprawling flea market in Clignacourt on the outskirts of Paris is considered by the French an important part of Parisian heritage and history. It goes back to the late 19th century when the ‘crocketeurs’ (‘poverty-stricken scavengers’) scoured the city for junk that could be sold and they gradually established a […]
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View from the Rocking Chair : What is art? By Lawrence Klepper
Art can roughly be divided into two categories: art that you think you could have done yourself, and art you definitely know you could never have done yourself. You reach a point with some art where you say to yourself why didn’t I think of doing that? All artists must come to the realization that […]
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DRACULA, DRAGONS, AND DÜRER – Discovering the Dürer Cipher, Part 6…By Elizabeth Garner
The Knights Templar were the most famous of the medieval military knight orders connected with the Crusades, whose sudden and violent disappearance continues to fascinate millions of people. Since the 18th century, Freemasonry incorporated Templar symbolism into their rituals, and their legends and secrets have been connected to the Holy Grail and the Ark of […]
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For or Against – Artist’s Resale Right, Raising the Threshold…
Dear Colleagues Many of you might be aware of Art Dealer Niall Fairhead ‘s battle over the course of the past year and a half to persuade the British Government to raise the start threshold of Artist’s Resale Right from 1000 euros to 3000 euros. This increase in the threshold would bring the UK’s implementation […]
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May 21, 2013
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