http://www.newstatesman.com/writers/robin_simon en http://www.newstatesman.com/art/2008/09/aime-maeght-miro-bonnard http://www.newstatesman.com/art/2008/09/aime-maeght-miro-bonnard Thu, 25 Sep 2008 10:22:58 GMT Robin Simon Aimé Maeght, master manipulator of the art market, could have taught Charles Saatchi a thing or two

]]> http://www.newstatesman.com/arts-and-culture/2008/06/hammershoi-paintings-art http://www.newstatesman.com/arts-and-culture/2008/06/hammershoi-paintings-art Thu, 19 Jun 2008 10:15:33 GMT Robin Simon The paintings of Vilhelm Hammershři were derided in his lifetime for being stark and uneventful. To the modern viewer, however, they capture a mood of existential angst

]]> http://www.newstatesman.com/books/2008/06/british-museum-elgin-marbles http://www.newstatesman.com/books/2008/06/british-museum-elgin-marbles Thu, 05 Jun 2008 09:43:01 GMT Robin Simon It is one of the most controversial issues in the art world today - should museums disperse their collections and return antiquities to their original sites? In particular, should the Elgin Marbles in the British Museum be restored to Athens?

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