Seeing the Bauhaus through a Ketchup Bottle
The couple on the grounds of the masters' houses at the Bauhaus in Dessau, ca. 1925. COURTESY JOSEF AND ANNI ALBERS FOUNDATION Nicholas Fox Weber was a 22-year-old graduate student in art history at...
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Gallerist Denise René. She never followed a trend or compromised her judgment.©PETER KNAPP A quintessential Paris moment for me, one I have repeated several times over the past decade, is a visit to...
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For many years, Milan has been my occasional base camp. And whether I am headed for a rock-climbing expedition or traveling on art-historical business, my first destination is always the Pinacoteca di...
View ArticleThe Figure in a Matisse-cutout Carpet
The Matisse rug Mimosa, 1949–51, hanging in the front hall of Fox Weber’s childhood home. TIM NIGHSWANDER, IMAGING4ART/©2015 SUCCESSION H. MATISSE/ARTISTS RIGHTS SOCIETY (ARS), NEW YORKIn the spring of...
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