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The World's 50 Best Works of Art (and how to see them)

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The World's 50 Best Works of Art (and how to see them) - 03-09-2008, 08:00 PM


The human race has been making art for thousands of years. Here, in chronological order, critic Martin Gayford chooses his 50 artistic wonders of the world.

Number 50 is here in Texas.

Take a look at Gayford's 50 best and how to get to see them.



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We should have a GTG in Marfa one day...

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"Getting there: difficult."

I suppose that depends on your starting point ...

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The Acropolis?
The Pantheon?
Nothing by Raphael? No Goya, Velazquez, Turner, Hopper. Not one photograph?
Yeah, right...
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The Acropolis?
The Pantheon?
Nothing by Raphael? No Goya, Velazquez, Turner, Hopper. Not one photograph?
Yeah, right...
He had Goya, 39 Francisco Goya, 'The Third of May

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Quote:
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The Acropolis?
The Pantheon?
Nothing by Raphael? No Goya, Velazquez, Turner, Hopper. Not one photograph?
Yeah, right...
I think we can figure that anyone purporting to assemble a list of "50 best" is really looking for the controversy that it will invoke upon the publicity of said list.

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03-10-2008, 12:40 PM


I'm sure this person's "50 best" would have a completely different take had he been a visitor to the International Space Station.
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