Ruth Bader Ginsburg's Personal Art Collection Is Up for Auction

April 20, 2022 • View in browser

Good morning. 🌤️ Today, Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s Picasso, Albers, and other artworks are going to auction, a new study suggests public art may lower traffic accidents, and looks at the art of Chun Hua Catherine Dong, Pier Paolo Calzaolari, and Adeliza McHugh’s Candy Store.

— Hrag Vartanian, editor-in-chief

Ruth Bader Ginsburg's Personal Art Collection Is Up for Auction

A Josef Albers screenprint, ceramics by Picasso, and contemporary Indigenous artworks are all going under the hammer. | Sarah Rose Sharp

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The California Gallerist Who Turned a Candy Store Into an Art Community

When Adeliza McHugh opened the Candy Store gallery she envisioned art that moved; art that was interesting; art, as she often said, with a “kick.” | Clayton Schuster

Cosmos and Earth Collide in Pier Paolo Calzolari's Alchemical Art

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Fragmented Identity Through the Eyes of Chun Hua Catherine Dong

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