Glasgow shipbuilder Sir William Burrell collected Degas in the painter’s lifetime, demonstrating a keen eye at a time when the impressionists were shocking the public.
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A loan deal for the Asante artefacts offers an opportunity for these objects to return home.
Through collector Jordan’s fetishistic interest in Asian women, Beef shows the troubling link between collecting artefacts and sexual control.
Harare aims to join a growing list of African cities hosting high profile events to sell local art and bolster artists.
The current furore over a set of Brett Whiteley paintings has put art fraud back in the headlines. The bad news is that in Australia, the conditions are very favourable for art fakers.
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Adjunct Professor of Art History, Australian National University
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Personal Chair of 19th-Century Art, History of Art, University of Edinburgh
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Assistant Professor, Harvard University
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Associate Professor and Director of Christiansborg Archaeological Heritage Project, Associate Graduate Faculty, Rutgers University
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Lecturer in Modern History, University of Manchester