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Can Steve Martin Help Bring Visitors to the Frick Collection?
The art collector and Pink Panther actor prances around the museum’s freshly renovated Gilded Age mansion in a new video.
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Opinion
Steve Martin Victim to German Art Forgery Ring
In a twist strangely echoed by the actor's recent art-world novel An Object of Beauty, Der Spiegel reports that Steve Martin is the victim of a German art forgery ring. Martin purchased what he thought was Heinrich Campendonk's “Landscape With Horses” (1915) for $850,000. Turns out, the painting was
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Steve Martin Attempts to Skewer the Art World & Fails
You may know Steve Martin from being one of our time's defining comedians, actors and celebrity figures. But along with those first few titles, the man is also a renowned collector of contemporary art, as well as a novelist and a playwright. These pursuits could be called hobbies if they didn't requ
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Required Reading Debuts
Mary Louise Schumacher on Steve Martin's art world novel — Carolina Miranda on the "new shape of street art" in ARTnews — "Smithsonian" of Arab art in Qatar — Filip Dujardin's architectural remixes — Star Wars Modern blogs on art and technology
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Steve Martin, Stella, Fairey & Serrano on Colbert Report
I can't remember the last time so many bold faced art names were on mainstream television. Last night, Stephen Colbert tried to convince well-known art collector Steve Martin to buy his René Magritte-like portrait but it wasn't an easy sell. Colbert soon marched on some major artists to make it more
Opinion
Steve Martin Gives His Own Refund For 92Y
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