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Designed in watercolor and created with opalescent glass and brilliant colors. Sharon Lorenzo describes the Art Treasures in the American Wing’s Charles Engelhard Court Following up on my previous article on women and stained glass, I would like to bring…
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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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Sharon Lorenzo at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Two curators at the Metropolitan Museum joined forces to present an exhibition of weaving traditions of both ancient and modern works. Visitors can reflect on how the materials and meanings of some…
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Header Image: Emanuel Leutze (1816-1868), 12 ft 5 in. x 21 ft 3 in. Oil on canvas. 1851. Sharon Lorenzo revisits a favorite painting at the Metropolitan Museum. As we all prepare to celebrate the holidays this year, I was…
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Sharon Lorenzo reviews this new show at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. In 1971, the Metropolitan Museum of Art announced the purchase of the portrait of Juan de Pareja, the color master for Diego Velazquez, the official artist and master…
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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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Sharon Lorenzo views the Art of Native America exhibit. For 45 years Charles and Valerie Diker have been collecting items to add to their extraordinary assortment of Native American art holdings, 101 of which are now part of the collection…
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Oil on canvas, Prado Museum: Portrait of Don Francisco Arobe and Sons, 1599 Sharon Lorenzo reviews ancient Latin American treasures at the Met. Nestled in the inner courtyard on the first floor of the Metropolitan Museum in NYC is an…
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Sharon Lorenzo reviews the Met’s exhibition of portrait artist Vigee Le Brun –a rare one-woman exhibition. Elisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun has been in the cannons of art history along with other celebrated portrait artists but never has there been…
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