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Publisher
Pegasus Books
Pub. Date
2023.
Description
A story spanning a decade and starring a cast of characters straight out of novel--from rock icons and film stars, art dealers and art forgers--brings to life the bitter debate over the authenticity of a series of paintings by the most famous American artist of the 20th century.
Author
Appears on list
Description
Presents a portrait of three generations of the Sackler family, who built their fortune on the sale of Valium and later sponsored the creation and marketing of one of the most commonly prescribed and addictive painkillers of the opioid crisis.
The Sackler name adorns the walls of many storied institutions--Harvard, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Oxford, the Louvre. They are one of the richest families in the world, known for their lavish donations...
Author
Publisher
Harper an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2009]
Description
Albright served as U.S. secretary of state from 1997 to 2001, the first woman ever to hold the position. Here, she tells the stories behind her many pins and jewelry collected on her diplomatic trips around the world.
4) Tunnels
Author
Publisher
Drawn & Quarterly
Pub. Date
2021.
Description
"When a great antiquities collector is forced to donate his entire collection to the Hebrew University in Jerusalem, Nili Broshi sees her last chance to finish an archeological expedition begun decades earlier--a dig that could possibly yield the most important religious artifact in the Middle East. Motivated by the desire to reinstate her father's legacy as a great archeologist after he was marginalized by his rival, Nili enlists a ragtag crew--a...
Series
Arthouse films volume 001
Publisher
New Video Group
Pub. Date
[2009]
Description
Tells the extraordinary story of a postal clerk and a librarian who managed to build one of the most important contemporary art collections in history with very modest means.
Author
Publisher
Penguin Press
Pub. Date
2022.
Description
"The full, frank story of a remarkable life's journey-to the pinnacle of success as a basketball player, icon, and entrepreneur, to the depths of personal trauma and back, to a place of flourishing and peace-made possible above all by a family's love"--
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
[2012]
Description
Follow Dr. Albert Barnes on his remarkable rise from a working-class Philadelphia neighborhood to the top of the modern art world. This unique tale follows Dr. Barnes as he travels the world, collecting works of art by some of history's most famous artists. The film digs deep into the intricacies of each painting, offering a rare look at the priceless collection and at the new Philadelphia museum that now houses it.
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