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The first gallery opens with a massive 1st century A.D. marble Roman vessel carved with Bacchic dancers, surrounded by "the legacy of the fathers" French and Italian precursors of the Renaissance, including Nicola Pisano and his son Giovanni, who blended French Gothic style with elements of Roman art gleaned from ancient sarcophagi.
WSJ: Review: The Flowering of the Florentine Renaissance | 'Springtime of the Renaissance: Sculpture and the Arts in Florence 1400�C1460,' at the Palazzo Strozzi in Florence
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The exhibition at the Hames Levack gallery in Soho opens on 13 June.
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"Extruding and Spinning" opens Thursday and runs through March 3 at the Haunch of Venison gallery in Chelsea.
WSJ: In New York, the Work of Thomas Heatherwick
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Rishel and Jennifer A. Thompson, in collaboration with Anabelle Kienle, a curator at the National Gallery of Canada, and Cornelia Homburg, a Van Gogh scholar opens with two small rooms of still lifes, most of them luscious pictures, although many have little to do with the theme of the show.
WSJ: Vincent Van Gogh Up Close | Philadelphia Museum of Art | A Matter of Perspective | By Jonathan Lopez
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It opens Oct. 9 at Moderne Gallery (215-923-8536) and Oct. 16 at the studio (215-862-2272).
FORBES: Trees with souls
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Nor can rich collectors simply walk into a gallery and pick up a work of art: the best pieces are sold before the show opens.
ECONOMIST: Assimilating plutocrats