‘The Maverick’s Museum’ Review: Albert Barnes and the Art of Collecting
His talent for pharmaceutical chemistry made him rich. His bold taste in paintings created the foundation for America’s most ...
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‘He could be grotesquely, wildly intemperate’: biographer Blake Gopnik tells us about the great collector Albert C. Barnes
A new biography on the renowned businessman, who amassed one of the most important collections of Modern art in the US, looks ...
The Man Who Owned 181 Renoirs
Barnes amassed one of the world’s greatest private collections of modern European artwork—more Cézannes (69) and Renoirs (an ...
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A New Albert Barnes Biography Portrays a Cantankerous Collector
Blake Gopnik's book foregrounds the democratic yet complicated ethos underpinning Barnes's involvement in Impressionim and ...
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Where does today's anti-elitism come from? Antisemitism, says Adam Gopnik
Ideas54:00Writer Adam Gopnik on the Evolution of Antisemitism Into Anti-urbanism New Yorker writer and former CBC Massey Lecturer, Adam Gopnik argues that there's a connection between contemporary ...
Selwyn Raab, Tenacious Reporter Who Covered the Mob, Dies at 90
At The Times and elsewhere, he wrote about wrongful convictions, fake methadone clinics and the five powerful Mafia families ...
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How 'Anora' breakout star Yura Borisov crafted a sensitive 'brute'
Borisov, who plays the hired henchman Igor in Anora, is the first Russian actor to be nominated for an Oscar in decades. The ...
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Overparenting Is Holding Kids Back—Here’s What to Do Instead
Overparenting can hinder kids' independence. Research shows that reframing everyday tasks as learning opportunities helps parents step back and let kids grow.