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his most famous novel is regarded as a masterwork of Western literature
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An ongoing controversy over the holdings of the Bavarian State Painting Collections, the organization that oversees masterworks shown by Munich museums such as the Alte Pinakothek and the Museum Brandhorst, reached new heights this week after a bombshell report in the Süddeutsche Zeitung.
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Alex Greenberger, ARTnews.com, 20 Feb. 2025
In retrospect, the film seems arguably one of his least Lynchian works, and yet his empathetic sensibility and his instinct for passionately tactile images combined to create a masterwork of historical reconstruction.
—Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 17 Jan. 2025
Occasionally, one of them may be recognized belatedly as a masterwork that retroactively transforms the history of cinema and guides its future.
—Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 20 Feb. 2025
The Philadelphia Museum of Art and the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art have agreed to loan one of their masterworks to whichever city wins.
—Rachel Treisman, NPR, 7 Feb. 2025
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Alex Greenberger, ARTnews.com, 20 Feb. 2025
In retrospect, the film seems arguably one of his least Lynchian works, and yet his empathetic sensibility and his instinct for passionately tactile images combined to create a masterwork of historical reconstruction.
—Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 17 Jan. 2025
Occasionally, one of them may be recognized belatedly as a masterwork that retroactively transforms the history of cinema and guides its future.
—Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 20 Feb. 2025
The Philadelphia Museum of Art and the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art have agreed to loan one of their masterworks to whichever city wins.
—Rachel Treisman, NPR, 7 Feb. 2025
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“Masterwork.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/masterwork. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.
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