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Legendary Art and Photography Collector Sylvio Perlstein Has Died

An important--if not "legendary", as Artnews called him—experimental art and photography collector and patron Sylvio Perlstein, died August 6 in Antwerp, Belgium at the age of 94. Perlstein was passionate…

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Gustave Le Gray: Master Photographer of the 19th Century

By Alex Novak

Gustave Le Gray was born August 30, 1820 in Villiers-le-Bel, France.

For about three years at the beginning of the 1840s, Le Gray studied with the painter Paul Delaroche.…

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Art of Eating Well in Paris

After hearing about several bad experiences in French restaurants from friends and having numerous people ask me about good places to eat at in Paris, I decided to put together…

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