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A Dynamic Array of Art as Throngs Visit the Second Miami International Art Fair
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Art Antiques London 2011 on Track to Repeat Success of Last Year’s Inaugural Fair
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$50,000 Hudgens Prize Winner Announced at the Hudgens Center of Arts in Duluth
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Estate of Television and Business Pioneer Maria Helen Smith Brings More than $3-Million at Bonhams & Butterfields
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Objects and Paintings by Thomas Sommer at Maerzgalerie
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Visitors Wait in Line for Seven Hours to See Frida Kahlo Exhibition in Berlin
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Cartier-Bresson Exhibit Tells Stories in Decisive Moments
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Robert Bowman Modern Shows Willie Bester’s Trojan Horse III
LONDON.- Trojan Horse III by Willie Bester is on show at Robert Bowman Modern from 1st July 2010. The title of the work refers to the Trojan Horse Massacre. In October 1985, heightened tensions between anti-apartheid demonstrators and police came to a …
Robert Bowman Modern Shows Willie Bester’s "Trojan Horse III"
LONDON.- Trojan Horse III by Willie Bester
is on
show at Robert Bowman Modern from 1st July 2010. The title of the work
refers to
the Trojan Horse Massacre. In October 1985, heightened tensions between
anti-apartheid demonstrators and police…