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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…

Featured Exhibit

India in the 19th-Century

By Matt Damsker

Few subjects proved as fertile for the seminal photography of the 19th century as the architectural grandeur and exotic atmospheres of the Indian subcontinent. In the mid-1850s…

Collecting Resources

A Certificate of Insurance and Why You Need to Get One When You Loan Out Work

There are many misconceptions regarding Certificates of Insurance. The following information may help to provide a greater understanding of their proper and intended use.

It is common practice in the…

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