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February 2014

William Morris, maker

by Richard Tillinghast

On William Morris, crafter of wallpaper, weaver, stained-glass maker, printer, poet, composer . . .

September 2005

Cézanne & Pissarro: A crucial friendship

by Karen Wilkin

On “Pioneering Modern Painting: Cézanne & Pissarro 1865-1885,” at the Museum of Modern Art, New York.

September 1991

Has success spoiled the art museum?

by Hilton Kramer

On the de-aestheticization of the museum.

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