Julian Baumgartner may be the sole owner of Chicago’s oldest conservation studio, but that doesn’t keep him from being simultaneously the master of old masters and social media. He’s a man with a fan base in the millions—many of whom claim they know or care nothing about art but are faithful viewers of his videos. […]
Tag: fine art
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Sorry Chicago, you can’t use the Google selfie app to find your fine-art lookalike
It appears that Chicago is one of the regions unable to access the museum-selfie app that’s gone viral this week.
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The story of Cook County’s pursuit of back taxes from small music venues descends into the surreal
Cook County amends its amusement-tax code to clarify that its officials aren’t in the business of defining “fine art”—but several small venues are still stuck in administrative hearings arguing about exactly that.
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What’s a Rembrandt worth anyway?
A thrift-store discovery prompts our correspondent to ponder the worth of fine art.
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Cook County not ‘in the business of saying what is and what is not fine arts,’ according to CFO
The county’s chief financial officer says he disagrees with a hearing officer’s interpretation that only musical genres considered “fine art” are exempt from an amusement tax.
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Daniel Clowes under glass
A Daniel Clowes showcase at the MCA demonstrates the uneasy relationship between art and comics.