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  • It has typically evolved generationally—which, in art-world time, might as well be geologically.

    Modernizing the Academy Lance Esplund 2011

  • The Matthew Marks Gallery is one of the classiest and most discreet of New York's major art-world players.

    Outside-the-Box Thinking Starts From the Inside Lance Esplund 2011

  • But Clement Greenberg, whose fervent advocacy put Jackson Pollock on the art-world map, is still well remembered at Oregon's Portland Art Museum.

    How Two Great Critics Compromised Their Posthumous Reputations Terry Teachout 2011

  • "Amphibian Evolution" 1986, based on a textbook diagram, features branches, roots and Botero-fat frogs and crocodiles above and below a waterline in a bold, free-form composition of controlled chaos that feels very art-world contemporary.

    An Illustrative Career Depicting Dystopias Sidney Lawrence 2011

  • After "Tight Spot" is taken down, Pace will begin preparation for a Bill Katz-designed spacem which will be connected to the gallery next door at 510 W. 25th Street, also owned by the art-world giant.

    Byrne-ing Down the World Kimberly Chou 2011

  • For the big dealers flying in from New York or London, this typically translates into showcasing what some mischievously call "The Greatest Hits"—high-priced works by art-world stars.

    For 2011, Art HK Grows Up and Goes Local Alexandra A. Seno 2011

  • To compile its list, which is now in its 21st year, ARTnews sends a survey to several art-world insiders, who help determine the year's top-spending collectors.

    Fewer New Yorkers Are Top Collectors Pia Catton 2011

  • Mr. Cunningham uses Manhattan as the setting for his latest novel, "By Nightfall," which centers on a middle-age art-world couple, Peter and Rebecca.

    Man of the 'Hours' Turns His Attention Steven Kurutz 2010

  • Karla Wozniak/Bronx Museum of Art Karla Wozniak's 'Food 4 Less I-5, OR' For three decades, the Bronx Museum of the Arts' prestigious residency program Artist in the Marketplace AIM, in which artists work with art-world professionals, has assisted and showcased emerging talent in the greater New York area.

    Video Artist on Pause, Prodigies in Play Lance Esplund 2011

  • This schism keeps the work of Norman Rockwell, Maxfield Parrish and even Salvador Dalí in art-world limbo.

    An Illustrative Career Depicting Dystopias Sidney Lawrence 2011

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