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Metropolitan Museum of Art

Art, Knowing

By Sharon Lorenzo

Duccio (1278-1319) The Virgin and Child, 1290-1300, Tempera on poplar wood. In 2004, the then curator of European painting at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City, Keith Christiansen, convinced the director, Philippe de Montebello, to pay $45…

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Crystal Bridges Museum
Art, Knowing

The Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, Arkansas

Alice Walton opens the new addition to The Momentary in a spectacular event that Sharon Lorenzo attended.                                                                    Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, 2011 My husband and I had the great privilege of being invited as the guests of…

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