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Taking pictures of the pictures

Mar 16, 2016
The Met’s Sree Sreenivasan on bringing an older institution into a digital age.
The artwork "Carafe and Candlestick" from Pablo Picasso, which will be in the Metropolitan Museum of Art's "Unfinished: Thoughts Left Visible" exhibition.
© 2015 Estate of Pablo Picasso / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

The art world: money, intrigue, and bad TV

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The art world has a reality TV problem.

What 'Hamilton' can teach us about central banking

Dec 8, 2015
Producer Jeffrey Seller explains why bureaucracy is a hit on Broadway.

How the Rain Room may pay off for Restoration Hardware

Nov 18, 2015
The luxury home store is among the new non-traditional players in the art market.

The art of pricing art

Nov 10, 2015
It's the Fall fine art auction season. And that means big price tags for priceless art.

'Meru': the documentary with a crew of three

Oct 5, 2015
One of the highest-grossing docs of the year was pretty inexpensive to make.

Opening museum doors for free pays off

Oct 2, 2015
Admission fees don't bring in all that much anyway, so why not get rid of them?

For public good, not for profit.

Finding art in NSA Powerpoints

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Artist Simon Denny draws inspiration from the tech world for his art.

Startup hopes to make art investment more inclusive

Aug 14, 2015
Arthena's platform lets buyers own a piece of a collection for relatively little.

Exploring Picasso's sculptural legacy

Jul 10, 2015
Curators will display a lesser-known side of the artist at MoMA in New York.