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Pictures for Education: The Records of Art Dealer M. Knoedler & Co.
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Treasures from the Vault: The Research Papers of Elizabeth Roth, Keeper of...
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Bringing Order to Harald Szeemann’s Unfiled Posters
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Letters and records reveal rare information about the art market during World War II.
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William Krisel left a major mark on SoCal architecture with his iconic designs.
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The Robert Mapplethorpe archive is now available at the Getty Research Institute.
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The glamorous owner of the Galleria dell'Ariete in Milan was key to the careers of Robert Rauschenberg and Jasper Johns, among many others.
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As director of the Venice Biennale, curator Harald Szeemann created new ways of showing art—and new places to show it.
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A five-person team at the Research Institute has finished cataloging Harald Szeemann's monumental Project Files.
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One of the most remarkable art sales of the 20th century, as told in documents from the Knoedler archives at the Getty Research Institute.
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Why did art professionals put on gorilla masks and take to the streets?
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A failed bid for Renaissance masterpieces is revealed in a collection of newly catalogued letters.
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Photographic portraits of some of the 20th century's most notable artists.
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Inside the mind of art historian Luigi Salerno.
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