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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Nerve Visual Gallery in Derry

The closure of Nerve Visual in Derry is a real loss for the region

The building that once played host to the Turner Prize now stands empty. Where does this news leave Derry?

Detail from Victor Arnautoff’s The Life of Washington mural at George Washington High School in San Francisco.

The George Washington murals are meant to make viewers uncomfortable

A public high school is the perfect place to consider the flaws of America’s founding fathers

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The misplaced outrage over Damien Hirst’s dead butterflies

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The Whitechapel Bell Foundry should be a working factory, not a boutique hotel