Tomkins, Calvin, 1925-

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November 11, 1988

09:45

Art Collecting in the 1980s

New Yorker art writer Calvin Tompkins looks at the state of the art world. He says there has been a rise in corporate-owned collections, which often exclude more provocative or sexually-themed works.

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Calvin Tomkins

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July 22, 1980

01:01:10

Tomkins Discusses Contemporary and Modern Art and Artists.

Calvin Tomkins is a writer and art critic for the New Yorker. His latest work, "Off the Wall: Robert Rauschenberg and the Art World of Our Time," is a biography of both Rauschenberg and the American visual arts of the 1940s-1970s.

Interview

Calvin Tomkins

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Calvin Tomkins

As a Guest

Art Collecting in the 1980s

Tomkins Discusses Contemporary and Modern Art and Artists.

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