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Mr. Stern knows where to find any stamp you want. I asked if he had any stamps showing the Seine River. He whipped out a few folders and produced three large-format, engraved images from the 1940s. He pushed toward me a 100-franc French stamp in a color called red carmine. …

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Such hiccups are to be expected when pushing boundaries is part of the mandate. “We want to broaden the audience for art,” Ms. Flay said. “If you were to describe FIAC, it would be via these forthright, audacious programs.” Continue reading the main story Galleries have responded. New entries this …

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The larger context of this inquiry is Ms. Pisano’s interest in colonialism and racism and how they play out in aspects of life that we tend to consider neutral, like mathematics, time and language. She became interested in the subject after reading an article advocating the removal of racist connotations …

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Lelong & Co. If this gallery is good enough for Yoko Ono, then it may even be good enough for Etel Adnan. Ms. Adnan, a 92-year-old Lebanese poet and essayist (she writes in Arabic, French and English), is also a visual artist extraordinaire. Roberta Smith, the New York Times art …