Mary Anne Goley, Director, Fine Arts Program, Federal Reserve Board, Washington (retired)

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Southend Pier (c. 1882–84), James McNeill Whistler. Freer Gallery of Art

When Whistler discovered watercolour

Financial troubles drove the artist to the medium – but its atmospheric possibilities suited him well

23 Jul 2019
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Haskell’s House (1924), Edward Hopper. National Gallery of Art, Gift of Herbert A. Goldstone, 1996.

How American artists made watercolour great again

A new exhibition charts the transformation of watercolour painting in the USA, from an overlooked sideshow to a major cultural movement

2 Mar 2017
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Portrait of Dora Wheeler (1882–83), William Merritt Chase.

What William Merritt Chase learned from Europe

The 19th-century artist who brought modern spirit to American painting

14 Jun 2016
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Hidden Treasures at TEFAF

Some of Maastricht’s masterpieces are easily overlooked

18 Mar 2014

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The Lovell Telescope at the Jodrell Bank Observatory, Chesire.

Jodrell Bank – a beacon of British science and a boon for artists

While few would contest the scientific significance of the site, its cultural impact has been less widely acknowledged

The EU’s new regulation on the import of cultural goods is about to make the process of buying and selling art and archaeological finds between countries slower and more complicated

Deciphering the EU’s new rules on the import of cultural goods

Regardless of Brexit, new regulations aimed at curbing illicit trafficking are going to make buying and selling art more complicated

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