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History of ‘heresy’ as artistic triumph

by Carlin Romano [The Philadelphia Inquirer (MCT)]

[19.Dec.07] :. NEW YORK—A winter wind howls outside Peter Gay’s eighth-floor Riverside Drive apartment. The panorama of the chilly Hudson beyond its broad windows looks like one more painting, added by...

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