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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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A Few Favorite Recently Acquired Photographs Priced $1,500 or under

By Alex Novak

The mark of a true collector or curator is their focus on the image itself. I am thrilled when a major collector or institution buys an image…

Collecting Resources

Contemporary Photography: Truth and the Burden of Reality

There has been a tremendous amount of discussion in the popular press lately about photography's relationship with reality.   The recent discovery that a Lebanese freelance photographer with more than a decade…

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