ARTnews in Brief: Leah Dickerman Named Director of Research Programs at MoMA—and More from March 22, 2021

Monday, March 22 Leah Dickerman Named Director of Research Programs at MoMA The Museum of Modern Art in New York has appointed Leah Dickerman as its director of research programs, a position that will see her reenvision the institution’s […]

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Hockney and de Kooning Paintings Headline Sotheby’s Auction of Late L.A. Philanthropists’ Collection

When collectors form deep friendships with artists, they typically have access to purchasing important examples from those artist’s output. Such is the case with  late Los Angeles philanthropists Morris and Rita Pynoos, whose collection will […]

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View Works from Mary Margaret ‘Moo’ and Harry ‘Hunk’ Anderson’s World-Class Collection of American Art

During their lifetimes, the Bay Area–based collectors Mary Margaret “Moo” and Harry “Hunk” Anderson cultivated holdings of works by major American artists including Mark Rothko, Philip Guston, Helen Frankenthaler, Robert Motherwell, Willem de Kooning, Clyfford […]

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All-American Angst

Making my way through “Meditations on Melancholia,” Eric Fischl’s latest exhibition at Skarstedt, I remembered that there are still people who get a kick out of seeing the word “American” somewhere in an artwork’s title. […]

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