The New Criterion

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Marco Grassi

Marco Grassi is a private paintings conservator and dealer in New York.

Articles

Exhibition note (Art) , November 2009, 43
On "The Art of Devotion: Panel Painting in Early Renaissance Italy," Middlebury College Museum of Art, Middlebury, Vermont.

Exhibition note (Art) , October 2009, 51
On "Time Will Tell: Ethics & Choices in Conservation" at Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven.

A Raphael “Madonna” restored (Features) , June 2009, 23
On the restoration of the Madonna del Cardellino at the Uffizi Gallery, Florence, Italy.

Roberto Longhi remembered (Features) , December 2008, 15
On the Italian art critic and scholar.

Faking it (Books) , November 2008, 74
On The Man Who Made Vermeers: Unvarnishing the Legend of Master Forger Han van Meegeren by Jonathan Lopez.

Filippo in Florence (Art) , May 2008, 58
On “Filippo Napoletano alla Corte di Cosimo II de’ Medici” at the Galleria Palatina in the Palazzo Pitti, Florence.

The great collectors (Features) , December 2007, 10
On some of the great collectors of the twentieth century.

Après Salander (Letters) , December 2007, 88

Dutch treat (Art) , November 2007, 56
On "The Age of Rembrant: Dutch Painting in the Metropolitan Museum of Art" at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.

Exhibition note (Art) , October 2007, 49
On "Fakes and Forgeries: The Art of Deception" at the Bruce Museum, Greenwich, Connecticut.

Glory & grandeur at the Met (Features) , June 2007, 14
On the new Greek & Roman galleries at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Exhibition note (Art) , April 2007, 63
On "George Stubbs: A Celebration" at the Frick Collection, New York.

Exhibition note (Art) , February 2007, 49
On "The Odyssey Continues: Masterworks from the New Orleans Museum of Art & Private New Orleans Collections" at Wildenstein & Company, New York.

Who owns the past? (Features) , December 2006, 19
On the legal tribulations of treasure.

Exhibition note (Art) , October 2006, 48
"Raphael at the Metropolitan: The 'Colona Altarpiece'."

Gentile's gold (Art) , September 2006, 100
An examination of Gentile de Fabriano's artwork.

Exhibition note (Art) , June 2006, 49
On "Veronese's Allegories: Virtue, Love & Exploration in Renaissance Venice" at the Frick Collection.

The angelic friar (Features) , December 2005, 23
Fra Angelico comes to the Met.

The Maastricht fair (Art) , April 2005, 48
On the world’s preeminent art fair.

The Metropolitan Duccio (Notebook) , February 2005, 77
On a new addition to the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Reflections on taste (Features) , December 2004, 24
On the art critic Roger Fry and his “veritable torrent of provocative judgements, insights, and comparisons.”

Faking it (Books) , September 2004, 64
A review of The Expert versus the Object: Judging Fakes & False Attributions in the Visual Arts, edited by Ronald D. Spencer.

In the kitchen of art (Features) , December 2003, 23
A conservationist and dealer discusses his business.