There are few aspects of modern painting Mr Golding has not shed light on.
Lady Hale says he is the father of modern painting, and there is surely none who consistently gives such pleasure.
Van Gogh, the saint of modern painting, holds up magnificently, giving a workaday headache to the people charged with preserving his legacy.
In his eyes, Greenberg was a moralist in art who laid down rules about how a proper modern painting should look: as abstract and flatly painted as possible.
An obvious answer to the museum's crisis of purpose was to expand outwards from its renowned collection of modern painting and sculpture into ever more areas of art, liberally defined, including architecture and commercial design.
If Boston collector Scott Black likes an Impressionist or modern painting, he checks the year it was made, because huge fluctuations in value can hinge on whether the piece dates to an artist's best-loved period or amounts to a fluky offshoot.
This year, Sotheby's is taking the bold step of moving its Magnificent Jewels sale from its usual October date to the holiday season, with the hope of luring buyers who are in town for its December impressionist and modern, and contemporary painting sales.
While one might think that taking the cherubs out of the painting's context is a modern phenomenon, it has been going on since 1800.
"Thank you for that painting of women's roles in modern Australia, " said Ms Gillard, derisively.
The Singing Butler is the most frequently reproduced image modern times, yet no public institution owns a painting by Mr Vettriano.
But as government-funded art centers sprang up, giving access to modern materials, the work moved away from dot painting and became more experimental -- incorporating brighter colors and a more painterly form.
The drawings on view at Schloss Moyland are key to understanding the artist, says Ann Temkin, chief curator of painting and sculpture at New York's Museum of Modern Art.
Postindependence Indian painting is also having a bit of a market moment, says Deepanjana Klein, a modern and contemporary Indian art specialist at Christie's New York.
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His first major retrospective, which is drawing to a close at Tate Modern in London, has been a hit with visitors, and he created a giant spin-style painting to adorn the floor of the Olympic Stadium for the 2012 London Games closing ceremony.
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