Peter Barnet, the Met's curator in charge of medieval art and the Cloisters, said he had been hoping for some time to bring in a work of contemporary art that complemented the Cloisters' setting and collection.

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The Galeria Szalom in the heart of Kazimierz is a colourful contemporary art gallery promoting the work of local artists.

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Even the stencil work, a staple of contemporary street art the world over, is remarkably rich and detailed.

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In Tokyo, she became a contemporary art curator before leaving for New York to work at the Whitney Museum of American Art.

ECONOMIST: Contemporary art

Already excluded were both colour images and the mannered conceptualism of younger photographers whose work caters to the contemporary art market, for which he has scant regard.

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Guest-curated by Ellen Taubman, the former head of Sotheby's American Indian and tribal art department, "Changing Hands" departs from the usual museum surveys of Indian art by focusing solely on work that is innovatively contemporary.

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His hard work landed Gupta an invitation in 1999 to Arco in Madrid, the sort of contemporary art fair that can make a gallery owner's reputation.

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The project was part of the NYCB Art Series, for which the ballet commissions contemporary artists and gives limited-edition art work to audience members.

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The museum's permanent collection comprises primarily 20th-century and contemporary art, with an emphasis on artists who have made the Bronx a part of their life or work, as well as artists of African, Asian and Latin American descent.

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