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The term “Post-Impressionism” was first used in 1910 by the English art...
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Vincent van Gogh, The Yellow House, 1888, Van Gogh Museum....
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Last week, Sartle was invited to the Director’s Breakfast at the de Young...
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Please join us (and everybody else) February 7, 2014 at noon in the Florence Gould...
Mel Brimfield, This is Performance Art, 2011, C-print Ah, performance artists...
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